Phillip Helbig <[log in to unmask]> wrote on Wed, 11 Nov 1998 17:09:55 GMT (inter alia) > I think the solution is to put more stuff in the core part. One can > actually automatise updating the core quite easily. > Of course, stuff in core must be guaranteed to work with other stuff in > the core etc. On the other hand, it's nice to have contrib stuff `use > at your own risk' at some official (CTAN) site. > To sum up, get rid of contrib/supported. If it's supported, it should ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > go into the core. Perhaps one needs a filter here to avoid redundancy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > in the core and assure quality, but basically if it's good, someone has > taken the effort and is supporting it, after this filter why not put it > in the core. There is then core and everything else, which can be like > a trial area. Gradually core can grow. Would someone like to estimate how large this would make the core? I have in mind people installing from scratch on a new machine. Ken Smith [log in to unmask]