Bug#673797: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf: makes texlive-latex3 reside out fo texmf tree

[Braun Gábor <braun.gabor@renyi.mta.hu>]

Hi,

> > Therefore I suggest conflicting with texlive-latex3 from TeXlive 2009.
>
> Why? THere is no file conflict, that is actually against the
> recommendations in the Debian Developers guide lines.

As far as I know, a package should provide its main functionality
whenever its dependencies are satisfied.
This is not true for texlive-latex3 with the recent texlive packages.

Maybe there is a better solution than conflicting.

> > You may also provide a dummy version of it to support upgrading
> > to texlive-latex-recommended.
>
> Welllll, I don't see much of motivation for that ... people
> using latex will anyway have latex-recommended installed, anything
> else is quite useless.

It was meant to support upgrading from TeXLive 2009.
It would be good to have texlive-latex3 automatically removed
and texlive-latex-recommended installed instead.
I am also fine with other solutions than a dummy package.

> I actually don't see a bug here ...

To repeat what I think is the bug:
it is possible to have texlive-latex3 installed with its dependencies
satisfied but not providing any useful functionality.
This situation can likely occur by upgrading between Debian releases.
(Obviously, this will probably go unnoticed as another package will provide
the functionality.)

Best wishes,

	Gábor Braun