[OS X TeX] source2e.(tex|pdf)

[Gerben Wierda]

The sources for texmf.tetex can be found as

ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/ 
tetex-texmfsrc-3.0.tar.gz

it is a 55MB archive. It would be most correct if I were to offer a  
source i-Package. Given that roughly 99.999999999% of TeX users do  
not want or need the source and that it is freely available in a  
zillion places, I wonder if that is where I should spend the little  
time I have.

G

On 26 Apr 2006, at 15:22, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 26 avr. 06 à 14:41, Martin Buchmann a écrit :
>
>> I do not want to criticize Gerben's or Thomas' work in any way, do  
>> not get me wrong. I was just wondering and do not think that space  
>> could be problem if we are talking about a few dtx files, etc.
>
> Problem is, we're not talking about a few .dtx files, but many of  
> them: the tetex-texmf archive (ie without the sources) is 85 MB,  
> and the tetex-texmfsrc additional archive (ie the sources) is 55  
> MB. Not negligible indeed!
>
> Think of how large the TeX i-Package is already, and how long it  
> may be to download and install for people with slow connections.
>
> Bruno Voisin
>
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