Re: cm-super

[weg@indiscrete.org (Eythan Weg)]

 From: Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>
 Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:28:52 +0100


> weg@indiscrete.org (Eythan Weg) wrote:
>
>>  From: Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>
>>  Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:19:24 +0100
>>
>>
>>> weg@indiscrete.org (Eythan Weg) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have installed parts of texlive without a hitch.
>>>> But was paused by texlive-fonts-extra which
>>>> contains a dependency on cm-super.
>>>
>>> What was the problem?  cm-super is available in etch and sid. 
>>
>> Cm-super is very bulky.
>
> You must take into account that we are not native speakers and therefore
> should phrase carefully.  I still cannot read "the download time was too
> long", which is what you seem to say, from "was paused by
> texlive-fonts-extra". 
This is even more complicated because I am not a
native speaker either.  Sorry for the false
interpretation.
>
>>>> Is this
>>>> necessary?  
>>>
>>> It's necessary in the sense that the upstream collection that makes up
>>> texlive-fonts-extra does contain cm-super.  In the Debian package these
>>> fonts were split out because they are already packaged.
>>
>> It is great that they are separate but it seems
>> that they are not installation-independent.  Why
>> is there an installation dependence?  I am curious
>> what fonts in texlive-fonts-extra depend on
>> cm-super.
>
> None, as far as I know.  Please file a wishlist bug so that we won't
> forget this and can discuss it in a way that it is archived properly.

Done that.

Thanks for everything, work and all.

eythan