CTAN install: yes or no? [was Re: Installing Latex in XP]

[Michael Cross]

>From Christina Thiele <cthiele at ccs.carleton.ca> on 24 Oct 2003:

>
>    Would you prefer to have CTAN materials just left on the CD (and of
>    a fairly recent vintage) or do you like that it's part of the
>    installation?
>

I would prefer something like the MikTeX package manager, which allows the user to install selected packages from the internet and to keep them up to date.