On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 11:43 AM, mhampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The idea is that this would be very helpful for people on airplanes, >> etc., without >> internet access, who really want to browse say the GMP docs or the >> Python >> docs, but can't because they don't have internet access or the >> tools to build the docs from source. > > I get some good work done on trains, planes, and buses, and I like > having as self-contained a sage environment as possible, so: > +1, but: > > Documentation usually isn't big enough to be a space concern, although > if for some reason a manual is big perhaps it could be made optional. > There is the "extra_docs" optional package - perhaps what you are > talking about could be part of that? Then folks who care can get it > but it keeps the standard version smaller.
The extra_docs optional package hasn't been updated since February 2007, and when I asked for a volunteer to work on it, there were no responses. This suggests to me that the design -- and usefulness -- of that package is lacking. That's why I've been brainstorming about taking another approach. William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
