>>>>> "Axel" == Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I hope tetex will be picked up and maintained under the same name
> and quality. Maybe the whole load of it is too much for one person
> and therefore a tetex developer group is needed? If a critical
> mass is gathered maybe it has a chance. I could offer
> infrastructure for collaborative work (trac/svn etc.).
As Thomas said, teTeX is 100% in TeXLive. So why do we need a tetex
developer group?
TeXLive and teTeX are the same thing. The main reason teTeX is
discontinued is that it is too much work to maintain the texmf tree
and that different people are working on the same thing.
What you propose means to waste human resources. The teTeX developer
group and the TeXLive developers would still work on the same thing.
Are you aware that TeXLive is developed by only two people? If you
find someone who is willing to spend a vast amount of his spare time
to maintain a texmf tree, ask him to contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
The reason for teTeX's reliability is that Thomas is one of the best
shell programmers worldwide. You cannot simply replace him by a
"tetex developer group" and expect the same quality.
And though teTeX is discontinued, it is not dead. Thomas is still
alive and will help if necessary.
> I hope tetex will be picked up and maintained under the same name
> and quality.
Do you realy think that people care about who has written all the nice
software they are using? Are you subscribed to the texhax mailing
list?
"I'm using WinEDT and get the error message '! TeX capacity exceeded'"
They do not even know that they are using TeX!
But if you look into the TeXLive sources, you'll see where it all
comes from.
Note that the name "TeXLive" still contains Thomas Esser's initials.
Regards,
Reinhard
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