On Dec 29, 7:33 am, "Ted Kosan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael wrote:
> > Well, if we were to limit ourselves to Linux systems that might be an
> > option, but with the need to support OSX and Solaris [and in the
> > futute Windows] I don't see this as something viable. Portage is nice,
> > but it is the wrong tool for a cross platform toolchain. What we
> > currently have is very KISS, and KISS works :)
Hi Ted,
> My understanding is that Portage can be used with OSX and Solaris:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/
Well, but looking at
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-solaris.xml
"simple" or "convinient" doesn't come to mind - :) - and that still
leaves Windows out in the cold.
> What came to mind was to subset the Portage tree to make a "Sage tree"
> which only contains the software that Sage actually needs and then to
> copy and extend the Gentoo tools (which are mostly written in python)
> to serve the needs of Sage.
That sounds like a monumental undertaking, especially since the
required tool set to start using portage is quite large.
> Anyway, this seemed like an interesting possibility to explore if it
> was desired to automate the Sage build process at some point.
I was under the impression that it already is automated ;). But adding
ebuild scripts and an overlay for Gentoo might be a first step to get
Sage into a distribution. You could beat Padus and certainly Debian to
the punch to be the first distribution that integrates Sage. And
Gentoo seems to be the perfect fit for a "compile from source" kind of
project.
> Ted
Cheers,
Michael
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