From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NO_RELAYS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from drobbins by cvs.gentoo.org with local (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15KPAV-0000YK-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:57:03 -0600 From: Daniel Robbins To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Upcoming LyX ebuild - design questions Message-ID: <20010711125703.K22717@cvs.gentoo.org> References: <01071114294901.00551@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01071114294901.00551@localhost>; from ermak@netvision.net.il on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:29:49PM +0300 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Jul 11 12:58:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:57:03 -0600 X-Archives-Salt: 91c3475b-90ab-46ca-8db0-fb37a63393e9 X-Archives-Hash: da88074639f518f57cd67a118377e2be On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:29:49PM +0300, Dan Armak wrote: > 1. Absolutely necessary packages: x11 & gtk. > 2. latex2e and a few other things, all of which are in tetex. Lyx can build > and run without these, but it'd be just a flashy text editor without any > output capabilities. > 3. Important utilities like ghostscipt and gv, to use for viewing your output. > 4. A _very_ large amount of third-party exporters, importers, converters and > viewers. Enables you to output in many formats etc. > 5. A few misc tex packages like the one for Hebrew support (which I use) that > aren't included in tetex. Well, have it depend on 1, 2 and 3. We want the base install of our packages to be fully-functional, and tetex and ghostscript and a postscript viewer would be needed to actually use Lyx for anything useful. I'm hoping that the things in 4 and 5 can be built as separate packages rather than being included in the main Lyx package. If this is possible, that's what I would recommend as well. > Which of these should the ebuild force (i.e. DEPEND on)? > > An idea: building a lyx-base ebuild which only depends on x11/gtk and a lyx > ebuild which does nothing but depends on lyx-bsae, tetex and everything else. > Maybe with another in-between stage (i.e. a lyx-utils ebuild). > > What do you think? A good solution, since it gives our users more flexibility. > ---- > > Another issue: whould Lyx go into app-text (as a latex frontend) or into > app-office (as a word processor)? > > ---- I'd put it in app-text. > And finally: does anybody here except myself use LyX? Because I can't > understand how such a great distro cold live so long without this > all-important package. :-) Well, that's why we're glad that you're around :)) Best Regards, -- Daniel Robbins President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies, Inc.