On 8/17/2022 3:09 PM, amano.kenji wrote:
* Will TexLive replace its own ConTeXt Mark IV with ConTeXt LMTX?
at some point we will switch to lmtx and mkiv is than just there and can
be used but basically it is frozen (already for a while, apart from fixes).
* context lmtx binary installer archive is not versioned. I can't use
unversioned archives in OS packages.
at some point (all depends on time and effort and ...) the source wil be
part of the context distribution so then one can compile
* Is it actually possible to present a separate override file for
contextcnf.lua? If not, I would need to patch contextcnf.lua, or contextcnf.lua
should support both portable installation and OS-level installation.
you can put one in texmf-local (as the mtxrun --generate i posted trace
shows)
* Can you make it easier to make an OS package for ConTeXt LMTX by releasing
versioned (source) archives, including BUILD/INSTALL instructions in the
versioned archives, and so on? I wish I could just extract a versioned binary
archive into certain locations or use GNU autotools or use meson build system
which is far better than GNU autotools.
there is a github repository for the tex stuff and have no experience
with all that versioning / release / os packaging stuff (couldn't test
it anyway and continuously adapt to teh subtle differences in
distributions and os's) ... we just post zips (already for decades) but
anyone is free to come up with such instructions (e.g. aditya did some
for arch)
anyway, lmtx is still kind of experimental and at some point
installation will move to the garden (not much is needed, just a web
server) and the packaging scripts are / will be in the distribution ..
there are no dependencies (and we keep it that way: self contained bins)
sorry, i just can't spent time on all the possible variant ways of
installation .. that is up to volunteers
While portable installations can be great for testing bleeding edge features
and keeping up with latest development, most of the time, I prefer OS package
releases.
I never use an os tex release .. who knows whaty has been done with it
.. esp when one has a long term workflow (e.g. fonts can change)
Hans
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