From: fosslinux <fosslinux@users.noreply.github.com>
To: ml@inbox.vuxu.org
Subject: Re: texlive: fix tlmgr.
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:23:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210104212345.4yWpK6omYWIyy2pbVbDVmKu_xWKnDVvj6zbmq2BzAZU@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <gh-mailinglist-notifications-41a7ca26-5023-4802-975b-f1789d68868e-void-packages-27653@inbox.vuxu.org>
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New comment by fosslinux on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/27653#issuecomment-754227818
Comment:
There is nothing the system texlive does that cannot be done with `texlive-bin`, apart from integration with other packages. System texlive has a number of advantages anyway. Usecases I see for tlmgr in system texlive include:
1. User-specific packages on a multi-user system.
2. Installing CTAN packages we do not provide (there are a few).
3. Installing parts of packages we provide without pulling in the entire massive package such as fontsextra.
I do not see this being used as a root-wide, i.e. not installing to `/usr/share/texmf-dist`, only for `~/texmf` (user mode). `tlmgr` is also responsible for a couple of configuration options, such as default paper size.
Perhaps we should also patch tlmgr like Debian to only support usermode `tlmgr`, as that is the only usecase we should be supporting. I don't see any way in which that is "actively hostile to packaging".
Either way, we need to make it very clear which way we are going:
- Distributing tlmgr and making it work
- Not distributing tlmgr and not supporting it (move to `texlive-bin` if you want that)
Not in this state of limbo where we have an nonfunctional tlmgr script and people semi-regularly complaining about it.
cc @q66
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-04 21:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-04 11:03 [PR PATCH] " fosslinux
2021-01-04 11:14 ` texlive: fix tlmgr. [ci skip] fosslinux
2021-01-04 11:16 ` [PR PATCH] [Updated] texlive: fix tlmgr fosslinux
2021-01-04 12:48 ` ericonr
2021-01-04 21:23 ` fosslinux [this message]
2021-01-04 21:51 ` ericonr
2021-01-05 8:12 ` [PR PATCH] [Updated] " fosslinux
2021-01-05 8:13 ` fosslinux
2021-01-06 4:34 ` ericonr
2021-01-06 4:57 ` [PR REVIEW] " ericonr
2021-01-06 8:38 ` [PR PATCH] [Updated] " fosslinux
2021-01-08 17:35 ` [PR PATCH] [Merged]: " ericonr
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