hmm, on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 01:43:29PM +0100, Joachim Schipper said that > This may be a stupid question, but why? TeXLive already includes > ConTeXt, and it should be possible to split ConTeXt from > texlive_texmf-full into its own package (texlive_texmf-context).
all the tex distributions have been historically known to fall behind quite some versions with all these rapidly developing tools like pdftex and context. context has a new version out every second week, sometimes even more often. it is just impossible to keep up with their mailing list :] during the lifetime of the teTeX port for example context and pfdtex were basically useless. but it was quite easy to upgrade the components i wanted (the old wiki page on the context site describes it). to have these selective updates, i think the texlive package would have to be chopped up into smaller chunks. i am a doubtful that this process would be easier and/or faster than putting together this alternative package. once i figure out the gnu roadblocks, keeping it up to date will be a piece of cake. i have problems even with these 'simple' packages, i am not taking on a huge thing like texlive, sorry :] i am not planning to have this as an official port, i am not sure how many openbsd users use context (well, it will be usable for pure texicians and xetexians as well come to think of it), i just want to make a nice little port for myself and reap the benefints. of course, anyone will be welcome to use it. -f -- 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do!
