Dirk Laurie <[email protected]> wrote: > 2012/7/20 Norbert Preining <[email protected]>: > > > First of all let me one thing completely clear: I *honestly* believe > > that *most* people whining about the TL2009 being so old have no > > *actual* need for tl2012 or so, since the write normal LaTeX documents > > that work even with TL2005. It is only their infinite upgraditis > > or however it is called. > > The perception that >50% of the complaints come from people who don't > actually need it, even if true, does not change that fact that many people > do need it. > > I have run into several problems -- packages hyperref, luamplib, fontspec, > biblatex etc. -- and reported them on this or another list. (That's where > this thread started.) In most cases I got replies, even from Windows users, > that it's a bug that was fixed long ago. > > > If there is a problem with diskspace you should create an equivs package, > > as described on the web page tug.org/texlive/debian.html > > > So all settled, unless we assume that people are incapable of reading > > the documentation. > > That page is very helpful indeed. It would be even more so if available in > the documentation packaged with tex-common.
it would be better still if i could find it with google. (i'm not the world's greatest expert on use of google, but it covers all the keywords i was using in my searches.) i could put a link into the uk faq, but not many read that unless they're _real_ newbies, afaict. (imo, newbies shouldn't even be trying this sort of thing...) robin
