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Re: TL2009 binary packages



On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 03:42:09PM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Mi, 08 Jul 2009, Jean-Christophe Dubacq wrote:
> > > Then I would opt for one package texlive-binaries ... nothing else.
> > > 
> > > Any objections rather sooner than later?
> > 
> > The only question is whether it significantly changes the minimal
> > install size of a tex compiler. Because for all I know, either you want
> 
> Well, it would increase from 9M to 15M. I mean that are only the
> binaries, plus the normal packages but they didn't change in size
> (besides the usual growth of upstream).
> 
> WDYT?

I admit, I didn't look at the packages, I'm just tossing around some
thoughts...

What would really help Debian is having s small subset of packages which
are needed for docbook stuff and the like. A build-dependency (for mere
documentation purposes of a random software) should pull as few an
little packages as possible to keep the autobuilders from too much
unneccessary work. But (again, without really looking at the packages) I
doubt we can achieve that by splitting up the binaries...

If possible I'll have a closer look at the packages tonight.

Hauke

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