I'm sure Kevin or Hannie will reply to this also, but here's my .02 worth. Awhile back, the packaged version was limited and behind compared to the upstream version. Plus we also make in different languages, so I'm not sure how well the packaged version fares with those.
Whether that's still the case or not, I'm not sure. I think the most recent attempt at using the packaged version (before your attempts now) was in Oneric or Precise, and it still had issues. I would say that if the packaged version works as well as the upstream version, then people can use it (especially those who are bandwidth limited). Otherwise you should stick with the upstream one. After the initial installation, the upstream one shouldn't require a lot of bandwidth to keep updated. And I would say that unless you're doing a clean install of Ubuntu, if you already have the upstream one installed, stick with it. No sense in removing something that works to replace it with the packaged version of the same thing (which works too). Have a great day.:) Patrick. On Sat, 2013-06-08 at 20:54 -0700, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > My (very limited!) experience is that using Raring-packaged texlive > works, for a definition of "works" that just means it creates an English > language PDF file that is viewable in evince and which "looks right" > when so viewed for a minute or two. > > Why does the Ubuntu Manual team currently recommend using unpackaged > texlive instead? Are there tests for the build system that fail when > using Raring-packaged texlive but succeed when using the unpackaged version? > > Is there a better test suite than "run make and see if the resulting PDF > looks OK", which I should be using? > > Thanks, > > Jonathan > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
