Re: texlive and tlmgr
Koen Wybo <koen.wybo@telenet.be> wrote:
> annotation-programs would have to be revised), but what are the
> arguments not to go for it?
One important argument: If you need it, just install texlive from DVD
or its network install methods, and if something on Debian needs TeX
either have a parallel install of basic Debian TeX stuff, or use eqivs.
In other words: There's no pressing need if you are a heavy TeX user
anyway.
> There are hundreds of packages on CTAN.org and maintaining them is a
> lot of work, not to mention packaging them. So why not working
> together with CTAN and include there update-tool?
Interoperability between different TeX programs, and in particular
between different LaTeX packages is a problem even now. With different
versions installed on a "stable" install, that would be even harder.
That's not a counterargument per se (because no one would use tlmgr on
build servers), but it would put more burden on the maintainers.
Patching tlmgr to do the right thing on a Debian system would be another
source of work for Debian maintainers.
We already have not enough manpower, by far. That's it.
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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