On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 10:31:40PM +0100, Miguel de Benito Delgado wrote: > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 3:24 PM, François Poulain <fpoul...@metrodore.fr>wrote: > > If you intend to dynamically link TeXmacs, you will have to build and > > maintain about one build environment by version and by OS on which you > > want to consider. > > Then why dynamically link? I'm happy with static linking or maybe bundling > of the necessary libs. > > > Also, afaik, Denis is currently working on static build. > > > > Meaning a tar.gz? or an .rpm?
Meaning a .tar.gz > My proposal is an .rpm containing a statically linked TeXmacs and scripts > setting up our own repo for auto updates. The advantage of a .tar.gz is that it does not depend on rpm, and the tarballs are easy to install on system where users are not root. > > If moreover, you consider to build "idiomatic" packages (.deb, .rpm, > > etc.), you will have to provide some extra work, about dependencies, > > unbundling, etc. > > Then let's provide just the most popular one. Also, there are tools to > install rpms in debian and viceversa, right? alien? I think a .tar.gz remains the simplest option. Best wishes, --Joris _______________________________________________ Texmacs-dev mailing list Texmacs-dev@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev
