> a) Sage has a dual role as a library ("project") and as a distribution.
NEP 29 was designed for projects, and not for software distributions.
What problems do you see that come from sage having aspects of a software
distribution?
"Sage-the-distribution" allows us to reduce the inconvenience for end-users
when their (system) python version is too old. In this case, sage
automatically installs a newer Python. So I would argue that NEP29 is
actually a great fit for a hybrid application like sage since the
distribution aspect reduces some of the disadvantages that come with the
quicker drop schedule of NEP29.
On Saturday, 27 May 2023 at 19:17:08 UTC+8 Emmanuel Charpentier wrote:
> I'd like to stress one important point already made : dropping support for
> old/antique/paleontologic versions of Python lightens the maintainance
> workload of the *small* team of Sage developpers.
>
> Given the size and the state of this team, this point should *not* be
> taken lightly...
>
> I'd also like to hear on this point from our release manager : would this
> proposed policy change have an influence on his workload ?
>
> HTH,
>
> Le vendredi 26 mai 2023 à 20:54:22 UTC+2, Michael Orlitzky a écrit :
>
>> On Fri, 2023-05-26 at 18:15 +0100, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
>> >
>> > What is wrong with Sage just saying that an older version of an
>> > operating system only works with an older version of Sage?
>>
>> Matthias alluded to this when he mentioned that we only have one
>> release branch of sage. Our version numbers are not really meaningful,
>> and bug fixes and features are released simultaneously. So the only way
>> to get fixes for critical bugs is to upgrade, but the upgrades come
>> with new features, and those new features can have new requirements.
>>
>> That said, I still share your sentiment when there is a good reason (a
>> term best left undefined) to break compatibility.
>>
>>
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