RE: X11 and LaTeX minimal install

1996-08-22 Thread Ninoles, Fabien: DGSE
-- From: salwen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 1996 1:23 AM To: billy.chow Cc: debian-user Subject: Re: X11 and LaTeX minimal install > A minimal X (and LaTeX) installation requires several debian packages, >but most people either do not want X or w

re: X11 and LaTeX minimal install

1996-08-21 Thread Joshua Stockwell
Different people maintain different packages. One of the main strengths of debian is that there is an "expert" who is in control of a package. A minimal X installation is quite large. It would be very unfair to expect someone(who donates their time) to be able to maintain such complex programs as

Re: X11 and LaTeX minimal install

1996-08-21 Thread Erick Branderhorst
> If people are pulling the packages over a phone line there is an advantage to > limitting the size of individual packages. That way they can hang up the > phone periodically. Also, if a bug shows up that needs to be fixed they > only have to download the package that is broken. There is a pla

Re: X11 and LaTeX minimal install

1996-08-21 Thread salwen
> A minimal X (and LaTeX) installation requires several debian packages, >but most people either do not want X or want at least a minimal >installation, right? So what are the justifications of splitting a >minimal X and LaTeX the way it is? The developers may have their own reasons for breaking

X11 and LaTeX minimal install

1996-08-21 Thread Billy Chow
Dear debianers, A minimal X (and LaTeX) installation requires several debian packages, but most people either do not want X or want at least a minimal installation, right? So what are the justifications of splitting a minimal X and LaTeX the way it is? Thanks. -- Billy C.-M. Chow [EMA