>From my perspective, throughout these discussions there is a strong push against slimming Sage down by removing these unneeded packages coming from Matthias, often coupled with responses by him (on trac/github) I consider rude and disrespectful of other's opinions.
See e.g. https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/32532 You can see how I am subjected to gaslighting by Matthias there. (Let's do this/no, stop, don't/just drop this/-1 (without explaining/... coming up in cycles). Description of this issues/32532 was edited in a questionable way by Matthias recently. On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 7:43 AM Matthias Koeppe <matthiaskoe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here's a quick overview on the discussions on this topic since 2021. > > (I collected most of this recently in the Issue description of > https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/32532). > > sage-devel: proposal - remove gcc, gfortran, python building/spkgs (June 2021) > > Resulted in implementing configure: Change defaults to > --with-system-gcc=force, defer error exits after system package info is shown > #32060 > No clear support for removing anything without replacement. > Some talk about conda, no action. > > sage-devel: #32532 - removing gcc and gfortran spkgs (September 2021) > > No clear support for anything. > Some talk about conda, no action. > > sage-devel: Re: [sage-release] Sage 10.0.rc0 released (Apr 2023) (TW: abusive > comments) > > sage-devel: What was/is/will be the purpose of maintaining the Sage > distribution? (Apr 2023) > > Again talk about conda > Resulted in opening PR Install some dummy and optional packages using > conda-forge (micromamba) #35585; no reaction > > sage-devel: Policy for disputed PRs: discussion (Nov 2023). > > CI Linux: Replace use of pkill #36726 (Nov–Dec 2023) (TW: abusive comments) > > > Pointers to related discussions and facts: > > On the git repository structure (monorepo / multirepo): > https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/AaKxoNQAWMg/m/uY1rW5n0BQAJ (October > 2021), https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36777 (December 2023). > > On what systems we support building Sage from source: > https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/32074 > > What versions of Python we are supporting; including a discussion of > maintenance costs: > https://github.com/sagemath/sage/wiki/NEP-29:-Python-version-strategy > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/87c9218a-9b6b-4fb9-8f35-78624ba67054n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CAAWYfq1%3DXMzzrfJcHfRgmD1yHCZ2xyO%3DJAbvH%3DZPQVFHNaivFA%40mail.gmail.com.
