On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 10:20:07PM -0400, Boris Veytsman wrote: > > > 2. The state of TeX/LaTeX in Debian is high on the priority list for > > > many LaTeX users I know, and very high for many system admins that > > > support LaTeX on their machines. > > > > I find this very hard to believe. > > > > I have read thousands of postings about LaTeX, > > attended many TeX/LaTeX meetings, > > and do not recall ever hearing or seeing the word Debian in that context. ... > Maybe this is exactly because Debian/LaTeX 'just works', and there are > no Debian-specific bugs now? If you do not see newspaper articles > about the quality of tap water, it does not mean that this quality is > unmportant. It might mean that the waterways work fine. Actually, many posters (to comp.text.tex) with queries -- "how do I get bold beta in maths?" -- say what OS distribution they are running, as well as the version of TeX/teTeX, etc, in case that is relevant. The majority of such postings specify RedHat, though a suprising (to me) number give SuSe. Various versions of Windows probably come next. I don't recall seeing any mention of Debian, though I am sure there must have been a few. I deduce from this only a small minority of LaTeX users are running under Debian, and I assume that only a small minority of this small minority are interested in licensing issues. That is why I doubt if many LaTeX users are passionately concerned about this issue. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: [log in to unmask] tel: 086-233 6090 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland