David R. Morrison wrote: > > On Jan 22, 2009, at 3:43 PM, James Bunton wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 01:43:53PM -0500, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> <snip> >>> 3) We could potentially try doing the dreaded third-party "system" >>> scheme again, cf. >>> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1795115&group_id=17203&atid=414256 >>> >>> but that of course has its own problems. >> >> If nobody has the time to package texlive then this is probably the best >> thing to do. > > This was a nightmare for any number of reasons. The biggest issue, as > we've seen in a number of instances, is that when fink does not > control the packaging, fink is unaware of when things change, and > there is inevitably breakage. Returning to the "system-tex" approach > would put fink's tex support at the same level of stability of its > current X11 support, which is to say, dreadful (due to factors not > controlled by fink). > > As I understand it, the Debian project has successfully packaged > TeXLive, which must mean that the licensing issues have been brought > under control somehow. If that is the case, the only thing stopping > us from having a TeXLive package in Fink is the lack of a volunteer to > package it. > > -- Dave > > IIRC they've had it for a couple of years or so, yeah. And I've heard (haven't checked the details for myself as of yet) that MacPorts has a package for it.
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