Hi Jörg! On Mit, 30 Nov 2005, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > >> > There is no way that we can make one binary package for close to 1Gb of > >> > software. > >> When did I ask you to make one single binary package? > > Even if I take five packages each of it will be bigger than anything > > else in Debian and completely unable to be handled. > > Stuff like OOo for example isnt small either.
I didn't want to imply that there are no big packages, but Ooo has biggest component ooo-core with around 30Mb, while from the texlive packages we have one with around 85M, and several (9) in the aera of 10-50M. BUT: I don't imply that this is a quality criterium, not the least. I only want to give evidence that splitting texlive into several packages is necessary, in contrast to what Josselin proposed/suggested. > > There is a lot of duplication in Debian, and up to now nobody has > > complaint. > > Hey, im often enough bitching at people uploading the X version of > $similar thing. There is also "Multiple versions" at > http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html. I am well aware of this faq. That's the reason why I try to single out as much packages as possible, especially the big ones (cm-super: 60M, lmodern: waiting for a maintainer, I have already created test packages for the prospective maintainer, cjk waiting, musixtex in discussion, etc) to get rid of duplicates. Furthermore we (debian tetex maint and I) are working on making the packages of tetex and texlive playing well together, i.e. that tetex users can install texlive packages. But this is for later on, as it requires some reworking of the TeX Policy, tex-common and some packages. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at> Università di Siena gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POONA (n.) Satisfied grunting noise made when sitting back after a good meal. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
