Re: [Texmacs-dev] ubuntu, packages : several discussions on the list texmacs-dev

[Joris van der Hoeven]

On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 10:31:40PM +0100, Miguel de Benito Delgado wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 3:24 PM, François Poulain <address@hidden>wrote:
> > If you intend to dynamically link TeXmacs, you will have to build and
> > maintain about one build environment by version and by OS on which you
> > want to consider.
> 
> Then why dynamically link? I'm happy with static linking or maybe bundling
> of the necessary libs.
> 
> >  Also, afaik, Denis is currently working on static build.
> >
> 
> Meaning a tar.gz? or an .rpm?

Meaning a .tar.gz

> My proposal is an .rpm containing a statically linked TeXmacs and scripts
> setting up our own repo for auto updates.

The advantage of a .tar.gz is that it does not depend on rpm,
and the tarballs are easy to install on system where users are not root.

> > If moreover, you consider to build "idiomatic" packages (.deb, .rpm,
> > etc.), you will have to provide some extra work, about dependencies,
> > unbundling, etc.
> 
> Then let's provide just the most popular one. Also, there are tools to
> install rpms in debian and viceversa, right? alien?

I think a .tar.gz remains the simplest option.

Best wishes, --Joris