So, a small update on this: I've now created a fedorapeople repo for these packages at http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/mef/biber/. You should be able to download the .repo file and then do "yum install biber" -- F18 only for the moment.
I may still try to push these through review, but again, if anyone else feels the urge, feel free. :) All the best, MEF On 22 August 2012 14:41, Mary Ellen Foster <mefos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I did a quick look around and it didn't look like anyone had yet packaged > biber for Fedora. (This is the replacement for the "bibtex" binary that you > use if you want to use the full power of biblatex.) And from what I can > tell, the version that's now included in texlive is only a binary (because > of the large number of perl dependencies), so this couldn't be built as > part of the texlive monster SRPM. > - http://www.linux.cz/pipermail/texlive/2012-February/000430.html > - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584063 > > So I did a bit of hacking with cpanspec and created F17 (x86_64) packages > of biber and all of its perl dependencies that aren't yet in Fedora. The > files are all here: > - http://mef.fedorapeople.org/biber/ > I still had to create packages for 11 perl modules that aren't yet in > Fedora, but cpanspec made that pretty much automatic so it wasn't too bad. > I didn't bother creating the standalone binary, so this package in fact > depends on a lot of perl libraries. > > I don't have any real interest in submitting all of these packages for > review, as I'm not really a perl hacker (and I got enough of dependency > packaging while getting the dependencies of jabref packaged), but if anyone > feels like running with the packages, feel free. > > Hopefully I've not duplicated any effort, and this proves useful, > > MEF > > -- > Mary Ellen Foster -- http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~mef3/ > Interaction Lab -- http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/InteractionLab > School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University > > Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity > number SC000278 > > > > -- Mary Ellen Foster -- http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~mef3/ Interaction Lab -- http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/InteractionLab School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278
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