[MacPorts] #12913: tetex is dead

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#12913: tetex is dead
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  Reporter:  zach@…                |       Owner:  gwright@…           
      Type:  enhancement           |      Status:  closed              
  Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:                      
 Component:  ports                 |     Version:  1.5.0               
Resolution:  fixed                 |    Keywords:                      
      Port:                        |  
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Description changed by ryandesign@…:

Old description:

> The tetex port should be replaced somehow.
> The tetex distribution is dead, i.e., it's former maintainer has stopped
> maintaining it.
>
> There are 2 issues:
> 1. Many people on the mac install some other TeX distribution. For
> instance I have chosen TeXLive, which is sort of an "official" distro. It
> works well.
> 2. Since most non-macports tex distibutions bring their "own" directory
> hierarchy, and since a tex distro takes almost 1 GB of disk space, I
> think it is really too much of a waste of space to have a second,
> "parallel" tex installation by macports.
>
> So macports really should detect whether or not there is already a tex
> installation (at least one of the usual "suspects"); and only if there is
> none, then it should install it's own.
>
> Best regards,
> Gabriel.

New description:

 The tetex port should be replaced somehow. [[br]]
 The tetex distribution is dead, i.e., it's former maintainer has stopped
 maintaining it.

 There are 2 issues:
  1. Many people on the mac install some other TeX distribution. For
 instance I have chosen TeXLive, which is sort of an "official" distro. It
 works well.
  2. Since most non-macports tex distibutions bring their "own" directory
 hierarchy, and since a tex distro takes almost 1 GB of disk space, I think
 it is really too much of a waste of space to have a second, "parallel" tex
 installation by macports.

 So macports really should detect whether or not there is already a tex
 installation (at least one of the usual "suspects"); and only if there is
 none, then it should install it's own.

 Best regards, [[br]]
 Gabriel.

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