[tex-live] "why is tex live so big"

[Robin Fairbairns]

Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de> wrote:

> On 2012-10-22 at 19:03:52 +0200, Martin Schröder wrote:
> 
>  > 2012/10/22 Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>:
>  > > size can only be reduced by not installing the documentation. All
>  > > binaries, scripts, style files, fonts etc are small, only the
>  > 
>  > <cough>cmsuper</cough>
> 
> Sure, cmsuper is huge, but AFAIK it contains fonts not supported by
> Latin Modern.  I've seen many documents using cmsuper.  I'm not sure
> whether this is always intended, maybe they are loaded by some macro
> packages.  However, I fear that if cmsuper is removed, we will be
> bothered by many PDF files containing bitmap fonts instead.

cm-super is a sledgehammer approach to the problem of cork encoding.

it does the required job, but the point is, "is it necessary".  i really
don't know, but it would be interesting to have other people's views.

(note that i know about the problem of bitmapped fonts, in the absence
of the type1 versions ... but cmsuper isn't the only solution to that
problem.)

robin
trying to keep an open mind here....