#34588: biblatex-biber @0.9.3 About dependence between 'biblatex-biber' and 'texlive-bibtex-extra' ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: jean-sims@… | Owner: dports@… Type: request | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Keywords: | Port: texlive-bibtex-extra biblatex-biber ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Comment(by dports@…): I'm not too keen on splitting biblatex off into a separate package, but it might not be a bad idea to not depend on biber by default. Mostly, I try to keep the texlive packages installing everything that upstream TeX Live does, but we've made some exceptions for other packages that have a lot of dependencies (xindy, asymptote, etc.). (And note that biblatex is still useful without the dependency, as it can be used with bibtex instead of biber.) -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34588#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS