[XeTeX] TL2008 on Ubuntu

[Paul Johnson]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM, وفا خلیقی <vafakh9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the point of packaging TL08 in any Linux distribution anyway?
>
> Any Linux User has advanced knowledge of various programming languages and I
> am sure downloading and configuring TL directly is super-easy. It is just a
> waste of time to package TL.
>
> Honestly, How hard it is to install and configure TL08? packaging TL seems
> stupid.
>

This is insulting. You reveal not only your own ignorance about system
administration but also a careless disregard of efforts by others.

Packaging is valuable because it

1) guarantees a standard configuration across many machines,
2) provides the standard configuration with no administrator
intervention (when systems are configured to update themselves.
3) makes changes that can be reversed or eliminated if need be (never
clutters up a file system with unregistered files) ,
4) keeps records on what libraries and other software is required or
assumed, so that users can actually use the desired features
5) packaging simplifies end user access because it is not necessary
for all users to install all of the development software necessary for
the creation of packages.
6) simplifies bug-tracking in large packages

Any 1 of these is sufficient to justify a packaging approach.

pj

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Paul E. Johnson
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