TDS locations for graphics.sty, autopict.sty and friends.

[Joachim Schrod]

>>>>> "DC" == David Carlisle <carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk> writes:

DC> The point of this message is that it occured to me that this
DC> requires graphicx.sty (and hence graphics.sty, dvips.def etc etc) to be
DC> in the input path of plain thus most likely in tex/generic/graphics or
DC> something.

My opinion, too.

DC> Of course by making  miniltx.tex approach latex.ltx one could move
DC> more and more of the tex/latex tree under tex/generic. This would seem
DC> to be against the spirit of keeping formats separate in TDS. Not sure
DC> what the politically correct solution is....

IMHO the politically correct solution is: <drumroll> let the author
decide. I.e., that's a matter of _intention_. If code is intended to
be used with multiple formats, it goes in generic/. If it's intended
to be it's own stuff, although one can make it run with effort in
other formats, too; then it goes in <format>/.

Cheers,
	Joachim

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