Bug#667912: texlive-bin: drop t1lib dependency
Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com> wrote:
>> BTW, I have already reported that some time ago to the xdvik bug tracker, and there is work going on. But before I drop xdvi I drop out as TeX maintainer. And the all of TeX using Debian will be hosed.
>>
>> No, there will be xdvi as long as there will be TeX Live AFAIS, and thus also in Debian.
>
> All intuition and knowledge says that embedded code and dead libraries
> are wrong, but of course it's ultimately your call as the maintainer.
>
> It is not my intent to override your approach, just to educate.
Please learn for what purpose xdvi is used: Mainly for a quick,
comfortable view of the files you are currently writing yourself. The
evince interface is ridiculously unusable for this (or at least has been
last time I tried), and in this setting security doesn't matter _that_
much.
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Sprecher B90/Grüne OV Miltenberg und Umgebung
VCD Miltenberg, ADFC Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
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