Note that each system is different. - FreeBSD is posix and follows different packaging conventions from various linux distributions. - MacOS has MacPorts as well as Brew, different systems with different packaging conventions. etc.
A package maintainer knows the requirements of the system being maintained, not upstream developers. Alan On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:53:41 +0000 "amano.kenji" <amano.ke...@proton.me> wrote: > Imagine installation instructions given by linux from scratch. > > install.sh is like `apt-get install ConTeXt`. > > Linux from scratch would document the following commands. > > ``` > tar xf luametatex-2022.06.tar.xz > cd /path/to/luametatex-2022.06 > make > cp luametatex /usr/bin > > tar xf context-2022.06.tar.xz > cd /path/to/context-2022.06 > cp -r font /path/to/usr/share/texmf-dist > ... > ``` > > I want something like this. > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Thursday, August 18th, 2022 at 1:16 PM, Alan > <braslau.l...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:42:18 +0200 > > Hans Hagen via ntg-context ntg-context@ntg.nl wrote: > > > > > sorry, i just can't spent time on all the possible variant ways of > > > installation .. that is up to volunteers > > > > > > OS distribution packages are the responsibility of maintainers. > > "Upstream" developers can, and do, respond to requests for changes > > that might make packaging for a particular OS easier, but this is > > not directly the responsibility of developers. > > > > Most OS packages require patches for particularities of that OS > > environment. LMTX Context, being minimal and fully portable, should > > be very easy to package as most paths, fonts, etc. are determined > > dynamically. The Context distribution follows the TeX directory tree > > structure, and this might not be the practice of some OS, which, for > > example, might locate different resources on different branches of > > the system directory structure. Some OS distributions are very > > particular about this. > > > > I cannot understand the thrust of this thread. > > > > It appears that the only issue for now concerns the distribution of > > the luametatex source tree. This is not yet the case as luametatex > > has been undergoing much experimentation. A classic opensource > > depository would disrupt this experimentation as more people get > > involved in wanting to make modifications. I believe the intention > > is to make a release once luametatex development settles into a > > normal state. > > > > Alan ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : https://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
