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[Peter Münster <pmlists@xxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I don't know, if I'm subscribed to this list, I've clicked the join-button
some days ago, but I get no messages...
So, I just hope, this message will find its way... ;)

Some weeks ago, I switched from texlive to the minimals. Thanks for your
work, it's *really* easy to install and works out of the box!

Just some suggestions/ideas:

Deleting obsolete files:
rsync should get the option --delete, because sometimes files get obsolete
(metapost binaries, MKII/MKIV reorganisation, renaming of files,
font-files, etc) and should not stay in the directory tree. Just one
exception: texmf-local.

Beta or current:
This should be switch for first-setup.sh
Example:
BETA=
if [ "$1" = beta ]; then
	BETA=--context=beta
	shift
fi
mtxrun --verbose --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua --update --make --force --engine=all $BETA --tree=$PWD/tex "$@"

cont-ext.zip:
These modules should also be put into texmf-context (especially
t-letter.tex).

No environment variables besides PATH:
Sometimes I use latex (via doxygen) from the standard texlive tree. After
setuptex has been called, texlive won't work any more.
My suggestion (I should probably post it to the luatex list!?):
- no environment variables, setup is only in a texmf.lua file
- luatex deduces from its parent directory, where to search the texmf.lua
  file, for example it just searches in LUATEX-DIR/../../texmf/web2c
- same thing for MKII: just texmf.cnf instead of texmf.lua

Cheers, Peter

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