Re: [Fink-devel] lzma support

[John R. <jo...@ja...>]

Yes, but since then (and I believe since August) TeXLive 2008 has been  
released, and it seems to be more amenable to adaptation to the Fink  
world.  I was planning on a full package with multiple components,  
similar to some of the prior discussions.  Once I have done an initial  
build of the whole thing I'll have a much better idea of what packages  
I would propose to carve it up into (if that makes any sense).

Peace
- John


On Dec 11, 2008, at 2:43 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:

> John Ridgway wrote:
>> Friends -
>> I am thinking about tackling (once more) the idea of adding TeXLive  
>> to  Fink (unless someone is already working on it -- I haven't  
>> been  reading the posts recently);
>
> I am following the mailing lists quite closely, and I haven't seen  
> anyone declaring a firm intention to make such packages.
>
> The latest thing close to such an intention was a post by Max Horn  
> on this list back in May 2008 in a discussion in which you  
> participated. This was not about real texlive packages, only a  
> virtual package that allowed to use a self-installed texlive instead  
> of Fink's texmf packages. Is this still what you intend to create?  
> Nothing came of that discussion, anyway.
>
> Otherwise there were discussions on the fink-beginners list, in  
> April and August 2008, for example. What was pointed out is that  
> both debian and macports have (full, not ony virtual) texlive  
> packages that could be studied as recipes for making Fink packages,  
> but that this would require hard work.
>
> -- 
> Martin
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