[tex-live] Better ways to find packages and documentation

[Robin Fairbairns]

Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at> wrote:

> On Don, 05 Jul 2007, Robin Fairbairns wrote:
> > does this process happen continuously?  or do you intend to freeze the
> > copied tags as at the time they were copied?
> 
> The idea is that every time we update the texlive.tlpdb this information
> is merged from the catalogue. And those who update the texlive.tlpdb
> have a svn checkout of the catalogue.
> 
> Do you see a disadvantage/problem with one or the other?

no, i was just checking.

we do, however, need to establish a read-only catalogue source for
people.  (too busy yesterday to do anything about this...)

r