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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/README b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cee1d0fe37f --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/README @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +$Id$ +Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive +(This file is public domain.) + +This directory contains scripts for TeX Live. Unlike everything else +under Master/texmf-dist/scripts (and most of the rest of Master), most +of these scripts are actually maintained here, and not under Build. + +There are slave copies of these Master-maintained scripts in +Build/source/texk/texlive/linked_scripts, just as for the multitude of +scripts updated from CTAN. + +(Perhaps at some point we will move things around to make this true for +all the scripts here, instead of just most. The remainder now are in +Build/source/texk/texlive/tl_scripts.) + +One reason for doing this is so we can have $Id$ expansion, so +svn:keywords is set for the scripts maintained here. When they were +maintained in Build, the --version option and doc of the copies in bin/ +would become a literal "$Id$", because svn->git mirror process does not +preserve $Id$ strings. (Note from Karl: Although many people and +processes hate keyword expansion, I'm afraid that I find it quite +useful, so I don't want to give it up as long as I am working here. Feel +free to change it when I'm gone. :) + +Another reason is that almost all scripts in the bin/*/ directories are +now symlinks into texmf-dist/scripts/, so it's nice for these to follow +suit for consistency and clarity. + +The principal mailing list is http://lists.tug.org/tex-live. + +All of these scripts are free software, mostly public domain. |