[macports] The teTeX package should be phased out

[Mark Wardle]

I would second that!

As only a lurker on this list, but an active user of LaTeX and
macports, I uninstalled teTeX last year in favour of texlive. While it
is not perfect (ideally it would be a core system with additional
packages installed as required directly from CTAN with some form of
auto-update) it is what is available "right now". It is a pain
installing anything using macports that has TeX as a dependency and
subsequently having teTeX installed automatically. It is easy to then
fix, but still an annoyance!

Best wishes,

Mark

NB: Must say a thank-you for making macports available - it is really
rather good, and I rely on it all the time

On 13/01/2008, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've created a ticket [1] requesting TeXmacs' dependency be updated
> from teTeX to texLive. But in light of recent emails to the list about
> teTeX failing to build on Leopard (which I hope to be running soon), I
> think the teTeX port itself should be reconsidered. It is no longer
> being maintained upstream, and new releases have been discontinued
> since May 2006. The author of teTeX even suggests that users move on
> to using texLive. So I think it would be wise to evaluate the
> inclusion of, and dependencies on, teTeX.
>
> [1] -- http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/13911
>
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Dr. Mark Wardle
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