"beamer and TeX on Macs" Re: mactex.tar.gz (complete ... Re: [OS X TeX] final tex live 2007

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 12 mars 07 à 14:05, Roussanka Loukanova a écrit :

> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Bruno Voisin wrote:
>
>> so that, if you need a bleeding-edge version of some package, then  
>> you'd better turn to gwTeX.
>
> I assume you use the term "bleeding-edge" with the interpretation  
> that I am picking up: ahead in the most positive way :)

Not quite: I still dream of a fully tested and consistent TeX setup  
that is then stabilized for one or two years, say, without changing  
at all during that period. It would allow people (or at least me) to  
devote some time learning how to use it most fully and efficiently,  
and then be able to relax and just use it, like the tool it is  
supposed to be (meaning something that allows work to get done and  
never gets in your way).

Alas, in the connected world we live in, things are changing  
constantly and you have to devote (far too IMO) much time adjusting  
to that change; should you decide to freeze your setup and ignore the  
change, then people with whom you collaborate or simply interact will  
invariably at some point remind you of the change, and request your  
adaptation to it. Meaning, in practice, that for TeX  things are  
changing constantly, with new packages being introduced or  
incompatible changes being introduced in existing packages, and  
people (or at least me) end up spending more time configuring and  
learning to use this ever changing TeX than simply using it for their  
work.

I know, I have this rant coming up periodically at times, but that's  
my never-ending frustration with TeX.

Bruno Voisin


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