Re: How can I make a Gentoo Linux package for ConTeXt LMTX?

["amano.kenji via ntg-context" <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

Sorry for spamming the list a little bit.

If there was something like https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/ncurses.html for ConTeXt and luametatex (binary), then distribution maintainers can make packages for ConTeXt easily.

I don't know TeX/TeXLive/kpathsea/ConTeXt directory structure conventions. Linux package maintainers don't know, either. I have packaged hundreds of programs, and TeX derivatives are monsters.

Most users just install texlive OS package, use TexLive upstream installer, or use ConTeXt upstream install.sh.

------- Original Message -------
On Thursday, August 18th, 2022 at 1:16 PM, Alan <braslau.list@comcast.net> wrote:


> On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:42:18 +0200
> Hans Hagen via ntg-context ntg-context@ntg.nl wrote:
> 
> > sorry, i just can't spent time on all the possible variant ways of
> > installation .. that is up to volunteers
> 
> 
> OS distribution packages are the responsibility of maintainers.
> "Upstream" developers can, and do, respond to requests for changes that
> might make packaging for a particular OS easier, but this is not
> directly the responsibility of developers.
> 
> Most OS packages require patches for particularities of that OS
> environment. LMTX Context, being minimal and fully portable, should be
> very easy to package as most paths, fonts, etc. are determined
> dynamically. The Context distribution follows the TeX directory tree
> structure, and this might not be the practice of some OS, which, for
> example, might locate different resources on different branches of the
> system directory structure. Some OS distributions are very particular
> about this.
> 
> I cannot understand the thrust of this thread.
> 
> It appears that the only issue for now concerns the distribution of the
> luametatex source tree. This is not yet the case as luametatex has been
> undergoing much experimentation. A classic opensource depository
> would disrupt this experimentation as more people get involved in
> wanting to make modifications. I believe the intention is to make a
> release once luametatex development settles into a normal state.
> 
> Alan
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