Hi Mojca & all, On 2011-05-06 <20:55:59>, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 19:00, Philipp Gesang wrote: > > > >> 1b. At least somebody needs to find it useful and request it (which > >> you just did; should it also be added to TeX Live?). > > > > What would the inclusion into TL imply? > > That people using TeX Live could also install it.
True, but I was, rather selfishly, thinking about what it would imply for the module author. Permanent maintenance of one release over a year? Is it really worth it? After all, most people who come to this list asking for help with their TL context are advised to switch to the minimals. > >> 2. Until we do something about it, it would be very very desirable to > >> put it to modules.contextgarden.net (I know that it is painful). > > > > If it’s possible now I’d try it asap. > > Did you have any problems? In case you did, please contact Patrick. I did have problems about a year ago. Probably tomorrow--- depending on the weather---I’ll add an xml interface file and comment the module source. After that I’ll give the upload another shot. > >> Once 1 and 2 are met, I just add a single line to sources that trigger > >> inclusion of the module to minimals (and a separate one for inclusion > >> into TeX Live). > > > > Looks like context needs a package manager. > Do you have any suggestion how it should look like and how it should > work? mtx-update is kind-of package manager, but I admit that I miss > some GUI (but then again I have no idea how to write a portable GUI). The GUI would be the last thing I’d start worrying about. Basically it would have to receive a list of locations and the respective VCS, like for instance: :: t-filter, git, https://github.com/adityam/filter.git transliterator, hg, https://bitbucket.org/phg/transliterator Then it would call the VCS to checkout the tip (or latest tag or whatever). Each should have a “.install.lua” in the base dir containing instructions about where the files should go. (Best thing is, probably, that no compilation is necessary because everything’s plain text.) A local register could contain version information, filenames, paths etc. of the modules installed. But that’s just musings as I don’t have a clue what restrictions other OS might put on file attributes (does luafs get rid of these?). Someone with experience on all the main three platforms could really help here. Philipp > > Mojca > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : [email protected] / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________
pgp8cQO0i2zHc.pgp
Description: PGP signature
___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
