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Hi, |
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> > you did it the correct way but that's what happens when you're alone in a |
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> > team and are moving without reliable internet connection then emails & |
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> > other stuff start to pile up :/ |
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> I'm sorry, I did not want to be pushy in any way... :| |
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No problem at all; had I set my .away you could have had a way to know :) |
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> > (and even better: join tex herd if you're interested in doing such bumps) |
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> Done, also tex@g.o. (Gimme more Bugzilla mails...) :) |
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Thanks |
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> > > * I'd like to move dev-tex/revtex-4.1_p2 and its dependency dev- |
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> > > tex/natbib-8.31a from the sci overlay |
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> > > Would it be OK with you if I do any of this? |
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> > yes though if its in texlive I usually want to remove them from the |
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> > texlive's bundle |
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> I see the separate ebuilds more as a temporary workaround for the few |
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> really needing bleeding edge... and will happily remove them again when |
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> texlive-2011 is out. The natbib ebuild might even become obsolete with |
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> texlive-2010 already, have not checked yet. I think most people will be |
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> happy with the texlive version, so we should keep it for simplicity. |
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It's really a matter of compromise: TeX world isn't fast moving thus yearly |
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releases such as texlive are perfectly fine and avoid a huge mess in |
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dependencies (you can see texlive as a downstream for CTAN to some extent). If |
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you have a package moving faster and want to maintain it then it's better to |
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do so since you remove one level of indirection. |
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Our system of texmf-site overlay allows to have such temporary solutions by |
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installing duplicate files and using the ones in texmf-site with higher |
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priority but it's not perfectly "clean" as some files are installed twice and |
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only one version is used in any case. |
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If the temporary solution has to stay for 1 year then IMHO it's better to make |
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the switch and unbundle it from texlive and not considering it as a temporary |
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solution (esp. now that TeX Live 2010 has been released but is not in the |
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portage tree); if it will become unneeded with TeX Live 2010 then if I were |
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you I'd wait until I have the time to make it into the portage tree :) |
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May I ask which texlive package natbib and revtex belong to ? |
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Regards, |
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