On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 07:39:17AM -0400, Alexander Hansen wrote: > I'm curious how many packages could get by without an explicit TeX > dependence at all. For example, LyX seems happy to let the user > configure it to use an arbitrary TeX distro, as does TeXShop. I'm > sure we can't cover every TeX-oriented package in Fink, of course, but > I'm all in favor of pushing the responsibility for this onto the user.
I think that's a good idea. Somewhat related is that many packages wind up with LaTeX as a BuildDepends for no obvious (to the user) reason. This means lots of extra time to install something, and a sometimes alarmingly large list to install something simple from a fresh Fink. --- James
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