On 5/31/07, Brian Granger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For each spkg, there would be a corresponding directory containing the > > > spkg-install script and the sage subdirectory (but _not_ the source > > > code for the package itself). I think it would be a good idea to > > > create a format for the spkgs that is a little more standardized. > > > Here is an example: > > > > > > ipython-0.8 > > > spkg-install # existing spkg-install script > > > ./spkg-patches # rename the sage directory to this for clarity > > > spkg-fetch.py # a python script that could be called to > > > get the source for ipython
Would spkg-fetch.py download package A from A's homepage or from sage.math? > > > > > > I think the spkg-fetch.py script is an important part of this. It > > > would allow us to not include the source code for each package in the > > > repo, but it would make it very easy to write a script that begins > > > with only the scripts in the repo and builds a full source > > > distribution of everything. > I think this penalty could be paid once - the source packages could be > downloaded into the hg tree - but not commited to the repo. Once that > is done, the spkgs could be built in place. > > My thought is that the only people who would have to do this are those > who are maintaining/creating spkgs. Most people will simply use the > created spkgs that include the source. So if I download sage-version.tar, it would have the spkgs with their sources. If I ran sage -upgrade, it would do an hg checkout on the spkg/standard directory, update any spkg that needs to be and download (if necessary) the sources to build and compile them. Did I get that right? didier --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
