I do not usually weigh in because I am no expert, but I do use sage frequently. For me, Marc's point is key:
" An individual who wants to use Sage should just install Sage." I would rather do math than spend my time learning the ins and outs of a software package. I nearly said this in response to some past posts making the same point. I agree with them too. Robert Bruner ________________________________________ From: sage-devel@googlegroups.com <sage-devel@googlegroups.com> on behalf of G. M.-S. <lists....@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2024 11:41 AM To: sage-devel@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [sage-devel] Re: [debian-science] Modularized sagemath packages: proof of concept [EXTERNAL] I wholly agree with Marc. For me, this is another instance of a user point of view versus a developer point of view. Coming from someone who tries to make SageMath easily available for ordinary people, Marc's views are all the more valuable IMHO. Guillermo On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 at 17:24, Marc Culler <marc.cul...@gmail.com<mailto:marc.cul...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 8:05:09 PM UTC-5 Kwankyu Lee wrote: The motivation of the modularization project is to reduce the burden who only needs some portion of the sage library, and wants to use and develop the portion within the python ecosystem. I would say that the motivation is to make it possible for a developer to include a self-contained portion of sage in a separate project without having to make that project as large as a full Sage distribution. An individual mathematician who only needs some portion of the sage library may install only his favorite distribution package. As I have said so many times before, apparently to no avail, I strongly disagree with this point of view. It is not reasonable to expect an individual mathematician, or student, to be able to decide which portions of Sage are needed, nor even to know which portions can be installed separately. An individual who wants to use Sage should just install Sage. All of it. And that installation should be very easy. It should certainly not require deciding which portions of Sage might be needed in which contexts. - Marc -- 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<mailto:sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CANnG18_%2BiVEiMLyfwECMvZq5aCFsnB5Jd6K7uVD_LRczKKvOjw%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CANnG18_%2BiVEiMLyfwECMvZq5aCFsnB5Jd6K7uVD_LRczKKvOjw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/IA1PR11MB82457EF4CCC9BB11A20AA8EBEA7C2%40IA1PR11MB8245.namprd11.prod.outlook.com.
