On Apr 21, 2008, at 7:52 PM, David Fang wrote: >>> Somewhat related is that many packages wind up with LaTeX as a >>> BuildDepends >>> for no obvious (to the user) reason. This means lots of extra time >>> to install >>> something, and a sometimes alarmingly large list to install >>> something simple >>> from a fresh Fink. >> >> This is a new pet peeve for me, especially when validating packages >> from >> the tracker. Typically it happens due to a BuildDepend on doxygen, >> which in turn depends on TeX. And I don't know how often that is >> actually necessary: some packages check for doxygen and graphviz, >> but a >> normal build doesn't _use_ them. > > I plead guilty on at least one count. *ducks* > Is there a preferred policy of building latex documentation > separately? >
Not as such. I always figured that maintainers were getting griped at by users about it, though. >> I don't have time just yet, but at some point it might be worth >> auditing >> packages to see how many of these BuildDepends are spurious. >> >> Of course, we can't do that when packages use TeX directly to >> generate >> their PDF docs... > > I've noticed that texinfo "replaces" tetex-base (<< 3.0). Does that > place it in the same category as tetex and doxygen? (heavy-stuff- > used-only-for-compiling-docs) > or is it lighter-weight than a full tetex install? > > (aside: I rather like Texinfo for documenting my own projects...) > > Fang > > David Fang > Computer Systems Laboratory > Electrical & Computer Engineering > Cornell University > http://www.csl.cornell.edu/~fang/ > -- (2400 baud? Netscape 3.0?? lynx??? No problem!) Texinfo is way lighter than tetex. I think the "replaces" was because we had texinfo as part of tetex. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
