Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs)

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Date	2011-11-07 20:32 +0000
From	Jonathan Fine <jfine@pytex.org>
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Subject	Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs)
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On 07/11/11 14:47, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 07 2011,Jonathan Fine wrote:
>
>> On 06/11/11 18:51, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
>>> On Sun, Nov 06 2011,Jonathan Fine wrote:
>>>
>
> [snipped 21 lines]
>
>> I chose git because it handles large files well, and because it has an
>> efficient transport mechanism.  It's internal architecture is also
>> convenient for my purposes.
>>
>> Let's focus on macros, which perhaps deserves a repository of its
>> own. Suppose a user, such as yourself, has 2011/ctan/macros in a git
>> repository.  Next year, 2012/ctan/macros might not have changed that
>> much, and so it would downloading the difference won't take so
>> long. When 2015 comes around the user, if wished, could remove the
>> 2011 macros and reclaim the space.
>>
>> However, my first task is to create a single git archive that contains
>> all the CTAN snapshots on DVD.  I would not expect anyone to download
>> that.  Instead, you create it by feeding in the TeX Collection DVDs.
>>
>> And from there we create smaller repositories, suitable for users and
>> particular purposes.  Or anything else you might want to do.
>>
>> Do you have Linux and a TeX Collection DVD.  If so, I could talk you
>> through the process, which might make it all a bit clearer.
>>
>
> I don't have any of the DVDs as I use the MikTeX installer for my
> LaTeX work.  However, I'd still be interested in your approach, if
> you're OK with it.  If it does allow for automated/unattended updates
> and installs, I'd be interested, please.

It might be a year before my approach provides something like this for 
end users, Sivaram.  I was hoping that if you had the DVD then you could 
run a demonstration of the basic concepts on you own PC, simply by 
downloading a running a small script.

-- 
Jonathan

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A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jonathan Fine <jfine@pytex.org> - 2011-11-06 15:17 +0000
  Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jonathan Fine <jfine@pytex.org> - 2011-11-06 18:19 +0000
    Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 21:28 +0100
      Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jonathan Fine <jfine@pytex.org> - 2011-11-07 20:21 +0000
        Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 22:49 +0100
          Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jonathan Fine <jfine@pytex.org> - 2011-11-07 22:03 +0000
      Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jonathan Fine <jfine@pytex.org> - 2011-11-07 20:21 +0000
    Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> - 2011-11-06 12:29 -0800
  Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jonathan Fine <jfine@pytex.org> - 2011-11-06 18:19 +0000
  Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 00:21 +0530
    Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jonathan Fine <jfine@pytex.org> - 2011-11-06 19:06 +0000
      Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 20:17 +0530
        Re: A Python script to put CTAN into git (from DVDs) Jonathan Fine <jfine@pytex.org> - 2011-11-07 20:32 +0000

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