[tex-live] Bug in updmap?!

[Fabrice Popineau]

> I agree completely. updmap on Windows is a port of updmap on unix. The
> fact that you have not ported it as is now suddenly means that I have
> to rewrite and add to my stuff and that is a lot of work. Unless
                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
??? Aren't you using Thomas script? 

> Personally, I agree with Vladimir. You want a port of the updmap
> too. Fine. You port the updmap tool. It is not that much work to parse
> the options as updmap does it with perl, you just can't use getopt.

As I already said: just do it.

Do you really know what you guys are doing? 

This year BachoTeX meeting ended up with a bunch of "recommendations"
(call them the name you want) to make this project behave more
correctly. That turned up into a major crisis. Unfortunately, it is not
by ignoring problems that you solve them. They will just strike back.

You talk about a lot of work. My guess is that you don't know what you
are talking about. 

Most  things  that   are  input into  TeXLive   are   without  any prior
discussion. Which means the day before releasing it, you see some script
or  some   new program  coming in  and  I should  spend   my time  to be
compatible with that? 

My position will be very clear: I give up unless someone can prove that
this mess is going somewhere. 

Fabrice