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Bug#380227: texlive-bin: Why is the source in a tar.bz archive?



On Fre, 29 Sep 2006, Frank Küster wrote:
> Furthermore, I think having the sources unpacked in the orig.tar.gz
> doesn't even contradict the goal of being able to drop the debian
> directory onto the DVD.  Isn't is sufficient to just include
> unpack-stamp in the generated orig.tar.gz (and of course the actual
> unpacked hierarchy)?  The dependency of patch-stamp on unpack-stamp will
> still be there, and if there's nothing yet unpacked, it will just be
> done. 

Good idea. You convinced me. Especially since I concur with you on the
source problem ;-)

> However, let me add a word of caution.  I will probably have to reduce
> my involvement in Debian TeX work in the near future:  I'm looking for a
> new job, in industry instead of at the university, and I guess this will

Ah, finally the time has come. I wish you all the best in your search.
You know what David found ... a PostDoc in Statistics, I hope you make
it better.

> The same applies for some other suggestions with respect to texlive
> packaging that I have in mind, but not yet found time to write them
> down. 

Please take your time and write it down...

Best wishes

Norbert

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