Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:02:27 +0200 From: Nikola Lecic <nlecic@EUnet.yu> To: "Edd Barrett" <vext01@gmail.com> Cc: pkgsrc-users@netbsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TeXLive for Net/FreeBSD Message-ID: <200707212007.l6LK7G9e029724@smtpclu-3.eunet.yu> In-Reply-To: <a6e8c1d0707211207o7cd0b0d3ke705b95b3aca36f8@mail.gmail.com> References: <a6e8c1d0707211207o7cd0b0d3ke705b95b3aca36f8@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello Edd, On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:07:46 +0100 "Edd Barrett" <vext01@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Firstly I would like to apologise for the cross-post. I wouldn't > usually do this, but as the message for both lists is identical, It > would have looked like a cross post (even if it wasn't)... Ok, I'm adding Hiroki Sato (hrs@), AFAIK he is currently doing on porting TeXLive to FreeBSD (according to freebsd-ports@ archive). > I have just finished porting TeXLive (A modern TeX distribution to > replace the old teTeX port) to OpenBSD. During the porting process I > documented the how/why and what's of the port; a) So that I can > remember how to do it when the next release of texlive comes out and > b) So that the other BSD's might find the information useful for a > port as our ports (or pkgsrc for NetBSD) systems are similar(ish). Yes, I saw this on texlive mailing list, excellent job! I'd like to ask Hiroki Sato, you and everyone interested/involved in this (and I'm not fluent in OpenBSD ports interface...) for their opinion regarding to what extent are parts of TeXLive (or are about to be) modularised -- i.e. how the new releases of TeXLive elements (e.g. ConTeXt, XeTeX) can be integrated? I use this opportunity to offer a help; I'm particularly interested in XeTeX-related stuff (xetex, (lib)icu-xetex, (lib)graphite-engine, xdvipdfmx) since I use it. For example, development version of xetex (currently not in TeXLive source) includes support for Graphite. I'd like to see (or maybe to maintain, test, or whatever) a xetex-devel port, that can replace standard xetex port (as it is the case with many other applications). > There is a whole load of information and source code relating to the > OpenBSD port on my webpage > (http://students.dec.bmth.ac.uk/ebarrett/texlive/). Just one more question, why do you call TeXLive "LaTeX distribution"? I think that LaTeX is just one part, and by no means the central one. I'm now going to read your document more carefully. Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87
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