[tex-live] Catalogue sources

[Robin Fairbairns]

Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org> wrote:

>     PS. There are even more shell scripts waiting for translation, so if
>     someone is interested ...
> 
> Any such rewritten shell scripts should be pushed back to the upstream
> packages where appropriate, not just installed in TL.
> 
> FWIW, it seems clear to me that there is no great demand for these
> scripts on Windows because it hasn't been done for lo these many years.
> Personally, I'd just as soon not go there.

um, the two i looked at (the russian ones mentioned) also exist in .bat
forms on ctan.  the assumption that widnoze systems will automatically
have perl available is practical in tex live, but not otherwise (i
guess).

robin