Bug#829137: texlive-base: texlive packages seem to upgrade way more than seems necessary
Package: texlive-base
Version: 2016.20160523-1
Severity: normal
The texlive packages, based on the the texlive-base, texlive-extra,
texlive-lang, etc. source packages, seem to be rebuilt and upload way
more than is necessary. Almost every time I do an upgrade there are
new version of the texlive packages. This is kind of a pain in the
ass since these packages are all quite large, and their constant
updates cause significant extra time to my overall upgrade load.
I have no idea why the packages seem to be upgrade so frequently, but
I can't imagine that it's necessary for them to be upgrades as
frequently as they are. The La/Tex upstream should be pretty damn
stable at this point. I can't imagine there are many security patches
either. Can someone explain why the packages are upgraded so
frequently, and if it's possible to throttle it back a bit?
Don't get me wrong: I am hugely appreciative that these packages
exist. They are absolutely critical for me to do my work, and I
really appreciate all the work that the maintainers have put into it.
I just wonder if they can do themselves a favor my limiting new
uploads to every couple of months, rather than weekly.
jamie.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (600, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages texlive-base depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.59
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.24+nmu4
ii tex-common 6.05
ii texlive-binaries 2016.20160513.41080-3
ii ucf 3.0036
ii xdg-utils 1.1.1-1
Versions of packages texlive-base recommends:
ii lmodern 2.004.5-3
Versions of packages texlive-base suggests:
ii evince [postscript-viewer] 3.20.0-4
ii ghostscript [postscript-viewer] 9.19~dfsg-1+b1
ii okular [postscript-viewer] 4:16.04.0-1
pn perl-tk <none>
ii zathura-pdf-poppler [pdf-viewer] 0.2.6-1
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii dpkg 1.18.7
ii ucf 3.0036
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 9.20160403
Versions of packages texlive-base is related to:
ii tex-common 6.05
ii texlive-binaries 2016.20160513.41080-3
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
texlive-base/binary_chooser: pdftex, dvips, dvipdfmx, xdvi
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
texlive-base/texconfig_ignorant:
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