From: Nicolas Goaziou via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org>
To: Felix Lechner via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System
distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Cc: Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com>,
Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
Subject: Re: Thoughtful updates to TexLive
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:50:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzb3qf9x.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o70fb19n.fsf@lease-up.com> (Felix Lechner via's message of "Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:01:40 -0800")
Hello,
Felix Lechner via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System
distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> writes:
> I am talking about 'texlivetexmf-20240312'.
>
> While I'm lucky that there is a substitute, I can hardly use it.
The `texlivetexmf' package has a `#:substitutable #f' flag. Unless I’m
mistaken, you’re probably downloading its source before building it.
> What is the rationale for the monolithic package, please? I'm not using
> it in any of my own stuff, I don't think. Thanks!
The monolithic package predates the modular one. Back in the days, it
was the only way to get a proper TeX Live experience within Guix.
It is not the case anymore. However, Andreas Enge (Cc’ed) prefers to
keep it as a no-brainer for anyone who wants to compile TeX documents
and can afford the download cost. I’d love to get feedback about the
comparison between using `texlive' and `texlive-scheme-full', as
I believe the latter can satisfy that user profile.
Admittedly, another advantage is that you can modify `texlive' without
rebuilding world.
As you put it, you, or anyone on this earth I bet, don’t need every
package in there. Some are provided for historical purpose only, for
example. Even if you don’t want to fiddle with TeX Live packages,
installing a couple of `texlive-collection-*' packages, such as the
massive `texlive-collection-latexextra', will be more manageable in the
long run.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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2024-10-26 1:13 Thoughtful updates to TexLive Felix Lechner via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2024-10-26 8:36 ` Nicolas Goaziou via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2025-01-10 7:01 ` Felix Lechner via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2025-01-10 7:50 ` Nicolas Goaziou via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution. [this message]
2025-01-10 15:00 ` Felix Lechner via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
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