Re: passivetex in TeXLive?
Hi Frank!
On Mon, 05 Feb 2007, Frank Küster wrote:
> passivetex has been removed from testing and sid, see
Umpf, yes, this is on my TODO list (as you might have noticed) since
quite some time.
BTW I consider it a pity that it was removed from *sid* ... but then,
AFAIS the whole xml debian group is practically dead. I never got *ANY*
answer about the packages etc.
> # htmlxml will not be build, but is replaced by xmtex, jadetex, and passivetex
> # see below
> #name;collection-htmlxml;texlive-htmlxml;texlive-bin
> name;collection-metapost;texlive-metapost;texlive-bin
> name;collection-omega;texlive-omega;texlive-bin
> name;collection-xetex;texlive-xetex;texlive-bin
>
> but "below" I only find:
>
> # xmlplay *was* in texlive-htmlxml, but this is not build anymore, so move
> # it to latex-extra
>
> So why (in the sense of "by means of which code?") is collection-htmlxml
> not included?
The arguing/idea behind was:
- we should try to use as much as possible already present Debian
packages
- there is already xmltex, passivetex, jadetex in Debian
- collection-htmlxml does only consist of these three plus xmlplay
- one Debian package texlive-htmlxml *only* for xmlplay is a bit
overkill
- move xmlplay to texlive-latex-extra
Now should we reconsider this? Maybe after etch we reintroduce this
collection including passivetex/jadetex/xmltex and try to eliminate the
present Debian packages which are practically unmaintained (see above).
Best wishes
Norbert
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