On 2020-12-30 10:51, CTH via freebsd-ports wrote:
Hi all,
I'm new to this list, but I have been looking into updating the TeX Live
ports to
2020. The current version is 2015, and the TeX ports could use with a little
TLC
to bring those up to date.
I have been trying to update the TeX related ports in place, using the
current
infrastructure. i.e. updating bsd.tex.mk, then updating each port's Makefile
to
download, build, and install using the 2020 sources. I began porting the
current
patch files to patch the new sources in the same way the old sources were
patched,
in order not to break any current functionality or expectations. In some of
those
cases, I'm not sure continuing to patch the upstream source makes sense, and
it
might make more sense to provide a more vanilla out-of-the-box experience.
Since I'm new to this, I'm not sure what the preferred way of collaborating
or
reaching out for help is. I'd like to submit my partial work for some sort
of
review before I go much further, just as a sanity check at least. I'd also
not
like to step on anyone else's toes that might be considering working on the
same
thing, or already working on it. Looking over the list archives for the past
6
months didn't show any activity on those ports.
There may be a couple of ways of going about this. One would be building
from
source (as the current scheme does, and the work I started), but we could
also use
the upstream binary packages for FreeBSD 12.1+. Or a combination, by adding
a new
TeX flavor perhaps?
Hello, and thanks for your efforts!
We generally initiate things like this through the FreeBSD bugzilla
( https://bugs.freebsd.org ).
You could probably easily get the ball rolling opening a bug for
print/texlive-base
Here's a link to start the process:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?component=Individual%20Port%28s%29&product=Ports%20%26%20Packages&short_desc=print%2Ftexlive-base
sorry if it gets wrapped too badly.
This will allow you to indicate your intentions, and add any patches you may
have
already. It will also initiate conversation with any/all related individuals.
Those
already maintaining ports are already subscribed to this list, and will
receive
reports of your work here (bugzilla posts to this and other related lists).
I hope this helps, and thanks again! :-)
--Chris
Thanks!
Travis
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