Re: configuration files in TeX add-on packages
Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at> wrote:
>> Whether Raffael would accept such a large change is a different
>> question. But we should clear up what we want first. Obviously, I'm
>> for urging maintainers to do the switch.
>
> For tipa that would mean moving *only* one file to /usr/share/texmf.
> First to /etc/texmf/fonts/map/dvips and then to /usr/share/texmf.
Why do the move to /etc/texmf/fonts at all?
> But as you are already starting to do the move for tetex, we can well
> wait with tipa for tetex in unstable with the move done.
tetex-base is already uploaded without TeX input files in /etc.
> . for policy: packages put stuff in TEXMFMAIN, and admins can config
> their stuff in /etc/texmf
done
> . if you are planning to move the stuff to /usr/share/texmf/ from /etc
> soon, we do
> - first - the tetex move
done
> - second - work through the packages and do NMU as far necessary as
> necessary
Yes, although an NMU just because of the configuration scheme change is
probably not warranted; it's just a should clause in the Policy, and I
think it is good that way.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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