On 09/03/2013 10:14, Julien Puydt wrote: > Package: maxima > Version: 5.29.1-1 > > The maxima used in sage is built with ecl, while the sage in debian > isn't. That will of course be a problem to package sage ; a very simple > fix would be to just compile maxima with ecl in debian. > > But of course, simple doesn't mean correct : I saw #661803 where someone > asks for an sbcl-built maxima, so the situation is going to be a pain if > each and everyone wants maxima built against some variant of common lisp... > > I don't know how to handle the situation gracefully, so I open this bug > CCing debian-science to discuss the matter. Usually, during the package creation workflow, you rebuild the application against the various implementation and you provide: maxima-implementationX maxima-implementationY maxima-implementationZ
It takes a X time more time to build and it is harder to maintain: paths have to be different or packages have to conflict one against the other (causing issues for the packages depending on this). (example: hdf5) My advice: see if sage can work without this. Sylvestre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
