> > I think it is extremely useful to have the TeXIndex of Jones updated.
> > But I am not sure that the texlive key, with the contents described
> > above, is a good idea?
>
> David Jones hasn't got the time/inclination/something or other. I
> asked him some while back, and he said he was quite happy for the file
> to be zapped from the archives. I had forgotten to do that, and have
> just moved it to obsolete/help
Well, I was not asking indirectly to David Jones to update his
file, I had understood from "@TeXIndex" in Sebastian's message:
>Are you all familar with Graham Williams catalogue? in many ways, he
>has already laid the foundation for what we are talking about, with
>a BiBTeX database looking like this: > >@TeXIndex{akletter,
that Graham's work was an update of Jones' in BibTeX form. OK if it
is incorrect.
> The reason the texlive key is there is that the file is also used (as
> a BibTeX file, no less!) in preparing the TeX Live documentation. The
> key doesn't appear in the other derived format, CTAN
> help/Catalogue/ctfull.html
OK, that sounds reasonable to me
> Give an opinion if you want to classify, don't if you don't. Don't
> try to classify without giving any opinion: that way lies madness...
Sorry, I don't understand. What do you mean ?
> No-one's talked about billions of users yet, have they? There are
> only 100 million PCs (or something) in the world!
Sorry, 20 millions, not billions of course.
> In my view, a project to construct a test suite for every package on
> CTAN is doomed to failure. (For some reason, my fingers kept wanting
> to type `dodo' where I meant `doomed' ;-)
My proposal was not to construct a test suite for every package.
It was: IF somebody is able to give an opinion on one given package,
then he has written a test file (otherwise, could he have any
opinion?). So, instead of giving an opinion, rather provide the test
file. Or, if he is enthusiast about it, maybe a demo file that
illustrates some useful aspects of the package?
Michel Lavaud ([log in to unmask])
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