On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 11:03 -0500, Kirk Lowery wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > A better way is to help with the Fedora packaging effort for >> > TeXLive2009. Visit http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TeXLive for >> > information on how to add the TeXLive2009 repository and install from >> > there. >> >> It depends on how you define "better." >> >> Look at the goals of the TexLive 2009 Fedora packaging: >> >> "A better packaging scheme allows to reduce bandwidth and save >> significant disc space. It also allows simpler maintenance of separate >> TeX packages. " >> >> and >> >> "Users could use exactly the part of TeX they need without wasting disc space." >> >> I can see the advantage of Fedora packaging for (1) the casual TeX >> user; (2) for packages that need a specific set of TeX dependencies. >> >> However, for the serious TeX user, the issues of bandwidth and disc >> space are not relevant. For that user, one needs access to all of >> TeXLive, and to be up to date. TeXLive now offers TeXLive manager >> (tlmgr) and a GUI to tlmgr. With this, one can eliminate what packages >> one doesn't want with much finer granularity than with the Fedora >> packaging, > > This is a legitimate counter-position to mine. > >> and one doesn't have to wait for Fedora 13! > > This isn't. There is a repo for texlive2009 packages for F12 linked > from the features page I listed. I'm using it now on F12, and it works > fine. Sorry. You are correct. What I was thinking about and should have said was this: with tlmgr, one can keep up to date with a continuously updated TeXLive repository. I update my TeXLive system daily. One doesn't need to do that of course. Once a week or once a month works, too. Of course, I also update my Fedora system daily. :-) [hmmm. If the Fedora TeXLive-2009 rpms include tlmgr, then you should be able to do the same thing, as long as the official directory hierarchy is maintained, but I don't know what that would do to the integrity of the TeX system when new rpms come out...] One other advantage of a TeXLive system directly installed is if you use TeX documents on more than one platform. I have a Fedora desktop at work and a Mac laptop, and keep my TeX source files sync'ed between them. It is *very* convenient to know that one's TeXLive system is exactly the same on both. No need to worry about whether one or the other platform has the needed TeX packages or not. Kirk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
