On Wednesday 26 March 2008, Alexander Wagner wrote: > > Sorry to hook in here again: if you even go beyond "Debian > > Testing" you'll get to areas where nearly no distribution > > will just deliver it, don't speak of the world beyond > > Linux... > > > > I don't even know of a distribution that comes with Skak at > > all except Debian (and descendents) by means of the TeXLive > > included. I'd really keep away from the bleeding edges. And > > I'd do this _quite a bit_. Probably the output is not _that_ > > perfect (it will be better than everything other arround, > > anyway) but the potential audience that can actually use > > this function will increase dramatically if one can base it > > on packages that everybody "just has without even knowing". > > > > If you're at the bleeding edge, you'll have to package the > > styles and stuff with scid (which I consider a major design > > fault) plus people will most likely not know how to use > > them. To come back to my department back then: the usual way > > to use a sty was not to set up a texmf and point proper > > environment variables there, this was left for the experts > > and geeks, but just to copy the same sty to every folder > > where it is required. (Resulting in the same file beeing > > cluttered arround $HOME/ subdirs) And there we speak about > > people who do LaTeX all day... > > > > Additionally, I just had a short look to chessfs, not at the > > other packages you mentioned yet. I'd _suggest_ to keep it > > out of the _default_ as it is "just" eyecandy. A switch to > > enable it would probably be good, or the config file you > > mentioned. (Though this will involve some work.) > I second that.
I am trying to get the maintainership of some debian packages (Scid which is still on 3.6.1, Skak, Chess12). So I can update them to the last versions. But Debian is still one of few distributions which include them (Suse dont include them. although version 10.3). Chessfss is not included in Debian. So I would suggest, keep it on the current chess-package. And see if skak can be enabled (optional?) in the future versions... Just my 2 cts. gr, Willem -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
