Antonio Olivares wrote: > I just hope that they do not drop tetex, and tetex* > from the base cd's/dvd. Yum installing tetex, would > probably take a long time through dialup. Three points: Fedora Core is supposed to be "self-hosting": all you're supposed to need to build any Core package is Fedora Core. Many Core packages include TeX documentation, so you need a TeX package in Core (to create the dvi) and a dvi reader for those packages. See, for example: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-February/msg01037.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-February/msg01036.html There are repeated calls for Extras .iso files to be made available, so the companies which make Fedora Core CDs can make Extras CDs available too. I understand that the Fedora developers *are* sympathetic to such calls -- it's merely the perennial problem of time and developer effort. As Open Source packages grow in size and number, and as the Fedora developers try to keep down the size of Core, Extras is going to grow in importance and the need for these ISOs will increase. I've never strayed beyond fairly basic TeX functionality, but I haven't noticed much change in the Red Hat TeX packages since I was using it at university, with Red Hat 5.0. It might well benefit from having some attention from "community" packagers. James (who has a rant prepared on the importance of installer simplicity, but thinks the flame-wars are already way too -- boring...) -- E-mail address: james | "Today Has Been Two Of Those Days." @westexe.demon.co.uk | -- Mike Andrews
