On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 15:56 +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > >> mpost, > >> mpto, > >> makempx > >> /usr/bin/makempy (MetaPost) > >> /usr/bin/mptopdf > > > > I would suggest that MetaPost is now regarded as a core component of a > > modern TeX distribution, so I'd suggest keeping it in the core. > > Hm, well. So far, I have not looked at tetex-bin-core (and the new > tetex-base) as "core of a modern TeX distribution", but rather as "what > is needed in a Build-Depends". From this point of view I doubt that > MetaPost has its place in -core. What do others think?
I am a regular MetaPost user, but I would vote for it going to tetex-bin-extra. The TEXMF/metapost directory allready is in tetex-extra and should stay there. I don't expect anybody to uses it for a Build-Depends. One could try to find out what all the packages build-depending on tetex-extra actually use, but that would be a lot of work. If MetaPost were to go to tetex-bin-core (and TEXMF/metapost to tetex-base), one has to remember to also include TEXMF/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.tex and TEXMF/tex/context/base/supp-mis.tex in tetex-base, otherwise inclusion of MetaPost images with pdfLaTeX would fail. > >> /usr/bin/gsftopk (probably no longer needed, since xdvik links against > >> libt1) > > > > Ditto, although you may be right in your comment. > > How do we check that? Or do we simply keep everything that *might* be > called from mktexpk? That sounds like the savest thing to do. > > > >> /usr/bin/ps2pk (creates a TeX pkfont from a type1 PostScript font) > > > > Ditto. > > But only (as an alternative to gsftopk) if you change mktex.opt, which > isn't a conffile. Should it be? Probably yes. ACK > >> /usr/bin/allcm > >> /usr/bin/allec > >> /usr/bin/allneeded (create many CM/EC pk fonts at once) > > > > Why throw away these scripts? > > In order to keep tetex-bin-core as small as possible. Not because of > disk space, but in order to keep it simply. I don't think that any sane > mind will call allcm in debian/rules before running latex over their > documentation. Am I insane myself? These scripts are useful when one installs a system and does not wnat to wait for font creation when 'in production use'. It would be pointless and counterproductive to call them from debian/rules, since more fonts than necessary would be created. cheerio ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
