[tex-live] teTeX: no next release

Juergen Fenn juergen.fenn at GMX.DE
Sun Jun 4 18:33:09 CEST 2006


Ralf Stubner <ralf.stubner at physik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

> karl at freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes:
>
>> 2) In these days of routine 50-100gb disks, I'm not impressed by the
>>    space argument.  GNU/Linux distributions can choose what collections
>>    to include and what to leave out, which will have a far greater
>>    impact than PDF vs. DVI.  I wouldn't expect full TL to go on Linux
>>    distribution discs in the first place (but whatever).
>
> I think the space argument does not refer to disk space but to the size
> of distribution media (TL is facing that problem, too) and for some
> people network bandwidth.

I generally agree, but I remember two complaints on ctt (one of them
lately) about TeX distributions having grown too large for older
computers.

Regards,
Jürgen.



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