Hello, Felix Lechner via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> writes:
> I am talking about 'texlivetexmf-20240312'. > > While I'm lucky that there is a substitute, I can hardly use it. The `texlivetexmf' package has a `#:substitutable #f' flag. Unless I’m mistaken, you’re probably downloading its source before building it. > What is the rationale for the monolithic package, please? I'm not using > it in any of my own stuff, I don't think. Thanks! The monolithic package predates the modular one. Back in the days, it was the only way to get a proper TeX Live experience within Guix. It is not the case anymore. However, Andreas Enge (Cc’ed) prefers to keep it as a no-brainer for anyone who wants to compile TeX documents and can afford the download cost. I’d love to get feedback about the comparison between using `texlive' and `texlive-scheme-full', as I believe the latter can satisfy that user profile. Admittedly, another advantage is that you can modify `texlive' without rebuilding world. As you put it, you, or anyone on this earth I bet, don’t need every package in there. Some are provided for historical purpose only, for example. Even if you don’t want to fiddle with TeX Live packages, installing a couple of `texlive-collection-*' packages, such as the massive `texlive-collection-latexextra', will be more manageable in the long run. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou
