Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > There is no-one on the planet who thinks emacs is minimalistic I`m not so sure about that. There are even ppl who have never heard about emacs, and if they`d see it, they might very well think it is. > With this and all your other examples you are talking about individual > pieces of software. But what I mean is you've said you want specific > things on the system that are not what other people would want and > things they want are not what you want. On the Venn diagram of what's > included in an install that makes life difficult. Each user has preferences. It is not too difficult to give them choices. What I want to have installed is different from what someone else wants to have installed --- but we don`t get to pick before the installation is already done. >> wasn`t anything better. There still isn`t --- and the LaTeX sources >> from back then can still be worked with and printed with no problem. I >> still have them. > > Provided they only use packages that are compatible with the TeX > distro you've got available. Even if they don`t, I can still edit them and make adjustments if necessary. If anything fails, I can print the sources as they are. Had I used some WYSIWYG word processing software instead, I wouldn`t even be able to read them anymore because this word processing software doesn`t exist anymore since a long time. >> I don`t know what would be better than packages. I wish there were more >> packages and am only saying it`s too difficult to make them. Perhaps >> there`s good reason for it, perhaps it can be made easier. Someone who >> knows how to make them might be able to tell. >> > > Ultimately writing a basic spec file is pretty simple, if you can do > the configure-make-install cycle it should be straightforward enough. Is there some documentation about how one would make a package that can be integrated into Fedora? How would I find out what the package would have to depend on? -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
