Subject: Re: teTeX 3.0 packages imported
To: None <netbsd-users@NetBSD.org, tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>
From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/31/2005 21:07:11
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Hubert Feyrer <hubertf@NetBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> FYI,
> I have imported packages for teTeX 3.0 into pkgsrc/print (teTeX3-bin,=20
> teTeX3-texmf, teTeX3-texmfsrc). I welcome everyone to test the pkgs and=
=20
> let me know if there's something missing (send-pr).
>=20
> Eventually (within the next few days/weeks) I'd like to switch=20
> pkgsrc/print/teTeX over to pull in the teTeX3 pkgs, and then get rid of=
=20
> pkgsrc/print/teTeX1* and pkgsrc/print/teTeX-*.

As I've said before (repeatedly):

Many people have documents that do not compile (cleanly) using newer
versions of teTeX.  teTeX2 is not 100% backwards compatible -- and so I
must assume that teTeX3 won't be either -- which is why I'm strongly
opposed to removing teTeX1 altogether.

-Jan

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http://www.eff.org

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