teTeX 3?

[Christoph Bier]

Nils schrieb am 28.09.2005 11:46:

> AFAIK ubuntu just took the tetex packages from debian, so if we want
> newer packages then debian, we need to have a tex maintainer for
> ubuntu.
> 
> What I don't understand is when packages are taken from debian and
> when they are made specially for ubuntu.
> 
> I'm not sure how much time it would take to package tetex, but if it's
> a small task i would do it..

I don't have any experiences in packaging. But from the discussions
on debian-tetex-maint I don't think it's a small task. You have to
understand the internal structure of teTeX that changed from
teTeX-2. This makes the automagic transition from teTeX-2 to teTeX-3
difficult, especially if there are private fonts installed for TeX.

Regards,
    Christoph
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