Author: frank Date: 2005-10-28 09:16:09 +0000 (Fri, 28 Oct 2005) New Revision: 307
Modified: pkg-tetex-web/trunk/splitting.html Log: now the tetex-base part contains some usable information, and some of the current unresolved discussion topics are covered. Modified: pkg-tetex-web/trunk/splitting.html =================================================================== --- pkg-tetex-web/trunk/splitting.html 2005-10-27 16:46:26 UTC (rev 306) +++ pkg-tetex-web/trunk/splitting.html 2005-10-28 09:16:09 UTC (rev 307) @@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ languages. Documentation in other scripts will need <kbd>tetex-extra</kbd> and/or other packages. </li> + <li> + A currently unresolved question is whether we see + <kbd>tetex-base</kbd> and <kbd>tetex-bin-core</kbd> only as a + build-dependency, or also as the standard package for people that + use LaTeX (but not ConTeXt, Omega, etc.) for their daily + work. + </li> </ol> <h1><a name="schemes">Proposed splitting schemes</a></h1> @@ -258,7 +265,50 @@ <h3>Scheme 2: tetex-base with TeX and LaTeX, tetex-extra with the rest</h3> +tetex-base would contain all input files required to run TeX and +LaTeX, and most of the LaTeX-add-on packages in tex/latex/ (see +below). This includes the PSNFSS system and Type1 fonts, the CM and +EC fonts in Metafont format and, as far as available in teTeX, in +Type1 format. It does in principle not include other fonts, but +exceptions may be made (see below). +<h4>Details for the <kbd>tex/latex</kbd> directory</h4> + +In order to minimize the size of tetex-base, Ralf has suggested to +check whether any of the large subdirectories in <kbd>tex/latex</kbd> +can be excluded, because they are rarely used to build documentation. + +This is a list of subdirectories and their sizes in KBytes: + +<table <!-- border="" width="" -->> + <TR><TD align="" >custom-bib</TD><TD align="" >508 </TD></TR> + <TR><TD align="" >koma-script</TD><TD align="" >484 </TD></TR> + <TR><TD align="" >minitoc</TD><TD align="" >452 </TD></TR> + <TR><TD align="" >memoir</TD><TD align="" >300 </TD></TR> + <TR><TD align="" >jurabib</TD><TD align="" >300 </TD></TR> + <TR><TD align="" >ntgclass</TD><TD align="" >296 </TD></TR> + <TR><TD align="" >revtex4</TD><TD align="" >212 </TD></TR> + <TR><TD align="" >seminar</TD><TD align="" >184 </TD></TR> +</table> + +On the other hand, this would mean that <kbd>tetex-base</kbd> would +really only be useful as a build-dependency. On the other hand, +<kbd>tetex-base</kbd> with the complete LaTeX directory, excluding +font support for <kbd>tetex-extra</kbd> fonts, could be the standard +installation for most people that use LaTeX for their daily work. + + +Furthermore, all files in <kbd>tex/latex</kbd> that are needed to use +fonts that are not included will be moved to <kbd>tetex-extra</kbd>. + + +<h4>Questions</h4> + +<ul> + <li>What about ams*? +</li> +</ul> + <hr> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td><p style="font-size: smaller; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last update: <em> _______________________________________________ Pkg-tetex-commits mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-tetex-commits
