* Michael Prokop mika@grml.org [20090615 12:09]:
especially on grml64 we are running out of space and I'm thinking about removing LaTeX from grml, which would save us 100MB of uncompressed space.
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I'd like to know *your* opinion on this issue, so please let us know your opinion through this poll:
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I just closed the poll (100 participants is such great number for calculating percentages ;)). The final result:
64 votes for: Remove LaTeX from grml 20 votes for: Keep LaTeX on grml 15 votes for: grml devs, do whatever you think might be the best 1 invalid vote (user decided to select none of the valid options)
So just 20% voted for keeping LaTeX - as a result I removed the LaTeX (related) packages from grml (GRML_FULL) for now. The grml-live build framework provides a new class named LATEX now:
http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=commit;h=f6622a6 Drop LaTeX packages from GRML_FULL; provide LATEX class
This means that it's possible to build grml providing LaTeX on your own by just enabling the LATEX class in the grml-live cmdline.
The current daily snapshots of grml are build *without* LaTeX already:
Note: this doesn't necessarily mean that LaTeX has gone from grml forever. For now we will drop LaTeX and work towards the next stable release but let's see what future brings. :)
regards, -mika- - on behalf of the grml-team