[tlbuild] running TL24 pretest on OpenBSD

Karl Berry karl at freefriends.org
Thu Feb 22 22:56:42 CET 2024


Hi Robert,

    Might another option be to offer the binaries this year on an
    experimental basis and see what happens?

Overall, this discussion leads me to propose the opposite: at least for
this year, simply punt to you :). You are clearly capable,
knowledgeable, and interested in this. So I think it would be best if
you set up an "openbsd and native tex live" page, with whatever
binaries, helper scripts, and other information you think best. I'll
happily add a link to such a page on the TL web pages. Just let me know.

Given that there have been zero user requests, apart from yours, to
(re-)include openbsd binaries in native TL in all the last years, I
can't justify spending time and energy on incorporating it officially.
Since, due to the openbsd policies we now all know about, it is
complicated to do so.

If it turns out there is a user community making use of whatever you
provide, we can reconsider including them upstream (somehow).

Hope that sounds ok. --thanks, karl.


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