[tldistro] Q: Plans for submission to Windows Package Manager?

Norbert Preining norbert at preining.info
Sat Apr 29 08:13:47 CEST 2023


Hi Johannes,

> first time poster. I am not sure if this is the correct mailing list.
> Forgive me if it isn't.

perfectly fine.

> I am a Windows User, since 2021 under Windows there is a CLI to manage
> packages (winget). My humble question is whether there are any plans to
> bring texlive to winget?

No, no plans.

There are independent packaging efforts for Chocolatey, but I/we don't
know anyone working on winget.

And since most of us are not working on Windows, and don't want to work
on Windows, we rely on volunteers to drive forward similar efforts.

All the best

Norbert

--
PREINING Norbert                              https://www.preining.info
Mercari Inc.     +     IFMGA Guide     +     TU Wien     +     TeX Live
GPG: 0x860CDC13   fp: F7D8 A928 26E3 16A1 9FA0 ACF0 6CAC A448 860C DC13


More information about the tldistro mailing list.