On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:57:28PM +0200, Danai SAE-HAN (韓達耐) wrote: > I think having triggers definitely weighs up against the traditional > method of calling mktexlsr & co. with almost each and every package. > Sure, it will take more time when you install a new TL package. But > you don't install new packages many times. The average Joe will most > probably just install a large part of TL in one go. > > But there is even a more important case: upgrading. Once in a while > new Debian TL packages are released, and most users usually have a lot > to upgrade. Having triggers will certainly speed up the upgrade > process, IMHO. And that is why I think having triggers is the way > forward. I was about to write almost the same. Upgrades are way more annoying than simple installs and take much time due to mktexlsr being called for every single package. So, +1 from me. Hauke
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