Hi Miguel, On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 02:16:14PM +0100, Miguel de Benito Delgado wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Joris van der Hoeven > <vdhoe...@texmacs.org>wrote: > > > I think a .tar.gz remains the simplest option. > > IF one forgets about automatic updates. Or if we roll out our own > auto-updates system. As I said it’s not difficult per se, just wasted > effort since we have a proven mechanism for that, namely rpm. > > Why do you prefer writing an external tool to connect to the server, parse > the xml, check for updates, download, unpack, verify the signature and > install, instead of adding a few lines to the TeXmacs.spec file?
OK, then I have a nice challenge for you: produce a static rpm which works on all Intel Linux architectures, evn those from about ten years ago. Our current X11 static tarballs have this property. Best wishes, --Joris _______________________________________________ Texmacs-dev mailing list Texmacs-dev@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev
