[tex-live] The suggestions (from tex-d-l) (Re: Comment on Re: TeXLive-CD/DVD (Installation))

[George N. White III]

On 5/24/07, David Kastrup <dak at gnu.org> wrote:

> "George N. White III" <gnwiii at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > http://www.tina-vision.net/tina-knoppix/remastering.html explains
> > how to use the -sort option of mkisofs to order files.  If one was
> > to apply this to a live DVD, however, I'd suggest sorting for
> > optimal performance on typical latex tasks rather than to make
> > installs go faster.
>
> Putting things close on the DVD that belong to the same package and/or
> collection does not sound like it would harm live performance.

Within a package you have docs (rarely accessed) and macros
(accessed in every run that uses the package).   With a decent OS,
however, repeated runs should benefit from cache, so file placement
may not have a big impact for typical processing.

One possibility is to generate a sort order for the DVD based on
whatever criteria seems best, then use that with the file lists to
generate lists that are in the DVD's ordering.

-- 
George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia