[tex-live] Updating packages over the internet a la MiKTeX

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Robin Fairbairns wrote:

>if we can see our way to getting the texlive tree available for
>mirroring
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if you are set up for CVS checkout, that should be doable when we move

>so the question is, do we need to maintain the "geek" archive?
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>well, yes, i would say.  tex live is never going to offer all the odds
>and ends that ctan has; we don't all have the sort of energy sebastian
>(must have) had when he started tex live ... for me, starting on
>"quality assurance" of everything left behind by tex live is
>unthinkable.
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I agree. TL only covers a subset of what is on CTAN; doing the rump 
properly would be very hard work

sebastian