On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 14:20 +0100, Jonathan Underwood wrote: > In actual fact, the reason that I had made little headway is that when > you start to look at the problem carefully you start to realize that > it's a bit of a mistake for Fedora to be repackaging the texlive > distribution rather than packaging the individual upstream projects. I totally agree with this assessment > Anyway, here's some things I see as a bit of a priority: > > 1) Form a TeX SIG. > 2) Get some TeX packaging guidelines in place > 3) Work with the fonts SIG to resolve the fonts mess. As long as what you do is text and font-related, you're welcome to work within the Fonts SIG IMHO. Because in case you have noticed, setting up a SIG and making it visible enough to influence upstreams is a lot of work. [OT We're listened to because we have a internet wiki presence so please everyone do take care to fill and update the wiki pages associated to your font packages. I know it's no fun stuff but it helps a lot.] Of course that shouldn't stop you for setting a separate SIG if you feel like it and have the necessary manpower. SIGs are fun. > Of course, until we actually try implementing such an approach, it'll > not become clear what the complications are. That's usually the case. It's an incrementatal ooops-brownpaper-bag-decision process. :p > I have to admit, I'm not > massively familiar with the font packaging process in Fedora, but have > been reading through the wiki pages and looking at packages this > weekend - in fact I hadn't really wanted to raise a proposal until I > had a better and more complete understanding of the problem space, but > Nicholas' email has spurred me on a bit. > > What do folks think? And I guess, more importantly, who's up for some work? :) I obviously am already taken by other stuff, and I'll be away for a month starting tomorrow, but I can offer the Fonts SIG infrastructure. I do think TUG has the potential to be a big font provider, and there's a lot of crossover between the Fonts SIG and what you want to do, so that would be good for everyone. Of course I don't speak for everyone in the SIG, so, people, if you don't want TEX messages to crowd the list, please speak up now. Best regards, -- Nicolas Mailhot
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