[tex-live] Install file of the TL should have unique name
Reinhard Kotucha
reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Sun Jan 19 12:19:11 CET 2014
On 2014-01-19 at 11:18:21 +0100, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
> Le dimanche 19/01/14 à 06h35,
> Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de> a écrit :
>
> > Sorry Denis, but "install-tl" ***is*** the generic Linux, Mac and
> > Windows installer.
>
> OK, nice.
>
> > The batch files are only stupid wrapper scripts for Windows.
>
> OK.
>
> > On any reasonable operating systems you can invoke install-tl
> > directly.
>
> I guess that's because not every operating system is reasonable
> that install-tl.bat is provided in addition to install-tl. Hence
> the possible confusion. Hence my request to reduce possible
> confusions as much as possible.
I think that nobody can describe the situation better than a colleague
of mine: He proudly said "My son can't read or write yet, but he's
using Windows already."
> > >> I strongly recommend to evaluate Lars' approach.
> > >
> > > Even with this clarification?
> >
> > No, sorry for the noise.
>
> Well, sorry to insist: do you mean that providing an ***up to date***
> tlnet/ directory as an ordinary directory (with zillions files and
> subdirectories) is definitively better than a single ISO image (along
> with WinCDEmu)? If so, could you explain why?
No, I meant that I agree with you.
Regards,
Reinhard
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