Hi, On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 05:33:41PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > This is not what I learned tasksel to be, as a user years ago. However, > I have no good suggestion regarding TeX. Perhaps a meta-package is more > appropriate; however I am not sure what should be in it.
Well, I think we should start with packages in the woody version's tasksel. > Although I question the usefulness of the criteria you use for tasksel > (or of a tasksel using those criteria), I don't mind very much, and I > will accept this as it is. Maybe sometime a meta package comes about. > > For me, I would close this bug - however, since other people took part > in the discussion, I will wait a couple of days. I think sensible solution is to carefully chack and maintain tetex-bin package's Depends:, Recommends:, Suggests:. If these are done well, then tex or latex virtual package will invite people to tetex-bin and installing all Depends:, Recommends:, Suggests: chain by aptitude will give decent tex+latex environment. I did not cross check this one with previous tasksel rersults. Considering tasksel is more general purpose machine set-up by popular functionarity, I can live with this new simplified memu. But I will certainly miss "educational" side of previous tasksel choices. TeX task had a good educational value. So had the "C programing" task. Osamu