severity 564241 wishlist stop On 09.01.10 Osamu Aoki ([email protected]) wrote: > On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 05:14:39PM +0100, Hilmar Preusse wrote:
Hi, > > your source package declares the package texlive-full as > > Build-Depends-Indep. This will give you a nearly full TL installation, > > including all documentation packages. > > Yes. That is intended quick fix for FTBFS hell. > Yes, I know. Lowering to wishlist > > I don't think that this is necessary for building the package. > > Please come up with exact list which is guranteed to work and > maintainable one. Please note TeX is such a moving target. Unless > this kind of catch-all is used, this package becomes FTBFS quite > often. I do not have time or skill to quickly keeping up with such > time killer works. > > Sorry, but this is our situation. > I know the situation (#562318): not only the upgrade packages may break things, but a changed packaging of us (mostly Norbert) too. That packaging however mostly changes only when new versions are released (< 1 time per year). So, once the package list is found you'll probaby won't have problems for > 1 year. Maybe I'll find the time to build a list for you. > > Please consider to reduce the list of packages to these one > > really needs. > > (This is arch all. So I am not using anyone else's resource > either. So no real damage. Besides, modern computers come with > huge space.) > Well, I just typed "apt-get build-deb maint-guide" and found that the computer wanted to download 550 MB data (mostly doc packages) and I couldn't believe they really are all needed for building. Another option would be an package texlive-build-dep depending an all TL package *except* doc packages. It could be useful for other packages too. Norbert, what do you think? H. -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
