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Subject: Re: RFP: texmf
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 08:36:14 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
> >> It sounds like this is beyond our capabilities, too.  If this is
going
> >> to break an existing package then there is no way we can accept it.
> >
> >The rebuild is due to tetex-beta's being ~ a year old, and libpng has
> >changed - so tetex-beta needs a rebuild with or without this new
> >package.
>
> If you are saying that tetex-beta is currently inoperable then it
should
> be removed from the distribution or fixed.  If it is still working ok,
> but needs an upgrade to work with texmf then, obviously, some
> synchronization needs to happen.

Agreed. I have never used the package, so I can't comment meaningfully -
I had tracked the conversation about tetex-beta & texmf though.

Rob