There are two factors that forms a distribution package: (a) mathematical contents of the code and (b) dependencies (external software packages) that supports the code. Some distribution packages are named after mathematical contents and others are named after the main dependency.
Distribution packages high in the hierarchy tree are named after the mathematical contents Distribution packages low in the hierarchy tree are named after the main dependency sagemath-categories is at the base of those distribution packages named after mathematical contents. I think the name is good. ... What I tried to say is that the core distribution should have minimal dependencies, but contain as much of sage as possible. More code requires more dependencies. The "core distribution" as you describe is not possible. ... What do you have in mind people would do with just the stuff in `categories`? I don't think people would do anything useful just with sagemath-categories. It exists to serve as the common base of all mathematical distribution packages. -- 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/2db8d9fd-03c4-48f1-ab2a-fe61a0d30197n%40googlegroups.com.
