2008/6/14 Mojca Miklavec
That's not a general solution, but if you need it for yourself, you can put the following to some file and execute it whenever you want:
rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/context/beta/ /path/to/your/texmf/ rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/bin/luatex/linux/bin/ /path/to/your/binaries/ etc.
There's a limited set of folders that you need to update, and it will only update new files, you don't need to update everything. In a world without firewall rules that would a good compromise :-)
About the topic... even I don't like prepackaged softwares, we cannot forget that most users want download, doubleclick, install and run without other noises, so I agree with Andrea's thoughts, but ConTeXt has a complicated structure/hierarchy (updated often) which doesn't make easier the job. Furthermore let me doubt that a simplified installation it's enough to persuade new users since ConTeXt requires manuals reading which is universally considered a waste of time. Regards -- Diego Depaoli