Re: tetex rpm's

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 12:40:03AM -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote:
>   
>> I've started an rpm package repository for LaTeX packages targeting the
>> teTeX distribution. At least for now, I'm restricting it to noarch
>> packages (ie tex4ht would not be a candidate for inclusion).
>>
>> The temporary homepage is at
>> http://mpeters.us/tetexrpm/
>>     
>
> Well, given the nasty feedback until now, let me reweigh the picture a
> bit and say that this is a very good thing. Some rpm distributions
> give less love to tex and friends than others and Michael is destined
> to make users of these distributions tex-happier.
>
>   
Talking from the point of view of someone trying to keep up to date 
about 60 Fedora workstations with respect to teTeX I have found 
Michael's efforts very useful and his spec files knowledgeable. (As an 
aside not tetex related: not all independent rpm repositories for Fedora 
were created equal in that respect). Of course comments  in this list 
follow the principle of minimum energy with respect to whoever makes 
them. For people using rpm based distributions I see no disadvantages or 
duplication of effort. In abstract using TeX Live, or the MikTeX 
management system, or some other packaging system sound good ideas but 
_for me_ they would be a test of Murphy's Law or a considerable time 
investment.

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João Palhoto Matos                     http://www.math.ist.utl.pt/~jmatos
Departamento de Matemática
Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisboa                                      mailto:[email protected]