On 4/4/07, Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A LyX package management system will create far too much support and
So we use the MiKTeX Package Manager instead of our own, and redirect any bug reports to the MPM people who presumably actually want the bug reports.
maintenance work, so we can't afford it. We have seen that the automatic miktex stuff does not work, since it interferes with firewalls, adds long
MPM does not need to be run in automatic mode.
Sure. But please don't forget that there are not enough developer resources available to implement everything that would be useful.
I would like at least an agreement that if hypothetically someone did write a "add missing TeX package" wizard,it wouldn't be rejected out of hand. It seems like something I could do over a weekend. Even with TeXLive MPM is useful, Apt is of no use for managing ~/.texmf. Attempting to extend apt (and yum and ...) to include the features of mpm really would be a waste of resources. -- John C. McCabe-Dansted PhD Student University of Western Australia
