Re: R -> texlive -> libpoppler

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On 10/01/2010 06:40 AM, Genes MailLists wrote:
> On 10/01/2010 07:04 AM, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> dikshie wrote:
>>
>>> anyone aware about libpoppler issue in rawhide?
>>
>> Yes, a new poppler landed recently, and rebuilds are proceeding.  One of
>> those just done recently was texlive.
>>
>> -- Rex
>>
>>
>
>   Is there any way to decouple the bulk of R from requiring texlive [1]?
> It seems bizarre that a stats package has a deep coupling with a
> typesetting language .. ;-)
>
>    is there any way to make an R-reports or R-docs package to at least
> isolate this coupling ?
>
>
>
>   [1] Some of us are using different tex than the fedora texlive (at
> least on f13 the texlive is too out of date (missing biblatex for example).

R uses latex for documentation.  Not sure if there is a sensible split that 
would make it optional.  It should be able to require tex(latex) I believe for 
generic latex support.

CC'ing R-owner (spot).

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