On 4/14/06, Jindrich Novy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > a2ping conversion utility, as part of teTeX, uses ghostscript, pdftops > and sam2p utilities to convert a variety of raster or vector data to EPS > or PDF r other formats. The problem is that sam2p utility, which is > called to do the conversion in some cases isn't included in the teTeX > distribution so it won't work. > > Is it planned to include sam2p in the future teTeX releases so that I > can add it downstream?
Sam2p is useful for people who don't use teTeX, so it should be packaged separately. teTeX relies on lots of 3rd party software. It can't possibly include everything, and even putting all the dependencies in some archive manager is problematic as it will pull in many packages that may never actually be used on a given individual's workstation. Debian apt supports "suggested" packages, while Red Hat has "groups" that can be viewed in system-config-packages to select the components you want. In Fedora Core 4, teTeX is in the Authoring and Publishing group, which also has docbook, and has 2 optional components: tetex-xdvi xhtml1-dtds Red Hat's tetex package already includes things that aren't in tetex (e.g., ptex). For those of us who have to deal with multiple distributions and platforms, it would be helpful if there was more consistency in package contents across platforms. Since that won't happen, maybe Red Hat's teTeX should be called rhtex. -- George N. White III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
