Didier has posted a repackaged sage_c_lib (either off-list or on-list -- I forget) which adheres to the new spkg format. This mail is follow-up to that to more formally inquire about how to proceed for the sage_c_lib. I must say that I like this new format very much. It's much clearer what is going on upstream and local to sage.
Anyhow, the new package for sage_c_lib gets a bit confusing because we had a mercurial repository for the actual development of the sage_c_lib in the original sage_c_lib spkg. The new spkg spec calls for a mercurial repository for the spkg-* scripts in the root of the spkg. Do we want both of these mercurial repositories in the spkg? Here's some options for the purposes of voting on what should happen for the sage_c_lib.spkg: 1) Have a mercurial repository in the root of the spkg for the spkg scripts and a *seperate* mercurial repository for development of the actual code in the src/ subdirectory (but this separate repository would be kept in the spkg as well). 2) Have a single mercurial repository for both the spkg-* scripts and the actual code in the src/ subdirectory. 3) Keep the actual code source control outside the spkg and release non-version controlled tarballs from this to be packaged in the spkg. I vote for #2. That seems sad to not make a distinction between 'upstream' and spkg-scripts, but the stuff in sage_c_lib currently seems quite unique to sage so there is little value to separate them. Also, does anyone know why there is a squarefree-c_lib.hg file in the spkg? It appears to contain patches that were already applied. I think it should be deleted, but I'm not sure and to the I forget the magic command to read hg files (What were they smoking to make that binary?!?) -- Joel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
