Re: omitting collection-fontsextra installation by default? (RFC)

=C4=8Dt 23. 7. 2026 v 17:34 odes=C3=ADlatel Vincent Goulet <vincent.goulet@=
me.com> napsal:
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> > Le 22 juill. 2026 =C3=A0 17:00, Karl Berry <[email protected]> a =C3=
=A9crit :
> >
> > For native TL, the best solution would be to have some sort of dynamic
> > package loading a la miktex. Implementing that is not going to happen
> > any time soon, if ever (https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/bugs/?668#comment0).
>
> I don't have an account to post on the bug tracker, so will post it here:
>
> Although on the fly updates of MIKTeX look cool and imply a smaller initi=
al footprint, I still prefer the TeX Live way of doing things. First, you'r=
e always sure (or at least confident) to have everything you need at hand e=
ven without network access (it still happens not so infrequently!). Second,=
 I've seen a number of times students using MIKTeX blocked and puzzled that=
 their compilation was hanging simply to discover that the confirmation pop=
-up was silently waiting for input hidden behind another window.
>
And imagine that you are compiling a document via ssh in a terminal
window without GUI. There will be no place for a popup.

> Man I feel old posting "don't change a thing" messages, but I always very=
 much stood behind the TeX Live way ever since I started using it, back whe=
n teTeX got deprecated.
>
> Cheers,
>

Zden=C4=9Bk Wagner
https://www.zdenek-wagner.eu/


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