On 16.05.08 Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hilmar Preusse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi *, > > In the moment we have the situation that we are requested to add > > the license to all TL packages, instead of just adding it to one > > and put only referers into the others (#473216). This gives us > > 1.8 MB of license files, which could be saved of the LPPL would > > be in base-files. > > More relevantly than the total size, IMO (1.8MB isn't really very > much) is that according to popcon, one-seventh of our systems have > at least texlive-base installed. > You should rather check for the texlive-base-bin package, as only this (together with the texlive-base) package gives you a functioning basic TeX installation. > If every texlive-base installation would benefit from having LPPL > in common-licenses and most installations involve more than one > package with the LPPL, that looks like a fairly reasonable case for > common-licenses to me. > So you need at least two packages to get a basic TeX Live installation. So every installation benefits from the inclusion. H. -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer. http://www.hilmar-preusse.de.vu/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
