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Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Rename texlive to tex.
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Roel Janssen |
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Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Rename texlive to tex. |
Date: |
Tue, 24 May 2016 18:16:01 +0200 |
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John Darrington writes:
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 10:59:14AM +0200, Roel Janssen wrote:
>
> John Darrington writes:
>
> > On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 12:14:59AM +0200, Roel Janssen wrote:
> > * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Rename texlive.scm to
> tex.scm.
> > * gnu/packages/texlive.scm: Rename file to tex.scm.
> > * gnu/packages/tex.scm: Renamed from texlive.scm.
> > * gnu/packages/algebra.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/docbook.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/engineering.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/gettext.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/gnome.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/lisp.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/maths.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/music.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/ocaml.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/plotutils.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/python.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> > * gnu/packages/scheme.scm: Rename texlive to tex.
> >
> > What is the purpose of doing that? I thought that texlive was the
> chosen
> > name that the project had.
> >
> > I think there are a few other implementations of TeX in the wild
> (though
> > mostly unmaintained). Furthermore, I think Knuth has a trademark on
> the word "tex".
> >
> > J'
>
> See this thread:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-05/msg00702.html
>
> I want to add Texmaker (an editor for TeX). Putting it in texlive.scm
> wouldn't really fit because it's not part of Texlive. So, the idea is
> to put everything TeX-related into one file (tex.scm).
>
> Oh I see. I thought you were renaming the package itself, not the file in
> which
> its definition resides (saying "Rename texlive.scm to tex.scm" would have
> made this clearer).
You're right, that would make it more clear. I will change it in the
new patch.
Thanks!
Kind regards,
Roel Janssen