From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 19 21:25:58 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5367C16A420; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:25:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: from acme.spoerlein.net (acme.spoerlein.net [217.172.44.86]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C82D113C4EF; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:25:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: from roadrunner.spoerlein.net (e180176255.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.176.255]) by acme.spoerlein.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBJL7G1Z013864 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:07:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: from roadrunner.spoerlein.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roadrunner.spoerlein.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lBJL31i2004973 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:03:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Received: (from q@localhost) by roadrunner.spoerlein.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id lBJL2xdr004972; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:02:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from uspoerlein@gmail.com) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:02:59 +0100 From: Ulrich Spoerlein To: Hiroki Sato Message-ID: <20071219210259.GA1567@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> Mail-Followup-To: Hiroki Sato , nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net, albert.shih@obspm.fr, dougb@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org References: <20071214025230.361715eb@anthesphoria.net> <200712150123.lBF1N35T038677@anthesphoria.net> <20071216.225955.111308887.hrs@allbsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <20071216.225955.111308887.hrs@allbsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on acme.spoerlein.net Cc: albert.shih@obspm.fr, dougb@FreeBSD.org, nikola.lecic@anthesphoria.net, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TeTeX and TeXLive X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:25:58 -0000 On Sun, 16.12.2007 at 22:59:55 +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote: > This is a progress report from the current teTeX maintainer who is > trying to update TeX in the ports tree to TeXLive. As I explained, > if we go with the finer-grained package model, over 1000 ports have > to be added at a time, so testing them should be done in a separate > tree at least. I hope I will be able to set up a public tree for > testing and collaborative work this month... >=20 > Any comments are welcome. Thanks. As I'm not doing any work, my vote doesn't count, but please: Creating 2-3 *big* TeXLive ports is certainly wrong, but creating 1000 tiny ports is equally wrong. Think about the repo bloat and churn introduced by a "single" software like a LaTeX system. It will slow down everything from cvs checkout, to index building and pkg_info(1). Can't you split the TeXLive Distribution up into say 12 ports? Something minimal that can be used by other ports to typeset documentation (how common is this, anyway?) and 3-4 big TeXLive ports for the typical TeX user. Cheers, Ulrich Spoerlein --=20 It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak, and remove all doubt.