[6388] in SIPB bug reports
Re: /mit/sipb/lib/tex/macros
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Tue Jun 24 17:17:25 1997
To: chad brown <yandros@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Salvatore Valente <svalente@dimins.com>, bug-sipb@MIT.EDU, bert@MIT.EDU,
bug-newtex@MIT.EDU, tex-contrib@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 24 Jun 1997 17:16:44 -0400
In-Reply-To: chad brown's message of "Tue, 24 Jun 1997 17:04:59 EDT"
chad brown <yandros@MIT.EDU> writes:
> o the tex/fonts directory should not be in the sipb locker, *I
> think*. I'm a bit unsure about this. Does newtex need to reference
> fonts in the sipb locker in order to increase reliability? Are
> there fonts there that aren't available in other places? If not,
> should there be?
The fonts in /mit/sipb/share/tex/fonts are "virtual fonts"
corresponding to the PostScript fonts, and were there because the
copies of dvips and xdvi in the old sipb locker could use them. Since
those programs have been removed, which is probably a bad thing given
that they were the only copies on Athena for some platforms, and since
the fonts also exist in the newtex locker, we probably don't need them
anymore.
> I'd like to hear opinions on what people think should be done. If
> tex-contrib and newtex are actively enough maintained and open to
> submissions, then perhaps it is time for the sipb locker to get out of
> the tex macro busniess altogether?
The newtex maintainers are currently being lame, but we intend to
improve, really.
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