David Joyner wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:52 AM, Dan Drake <dr...@kaist.edu> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> The SageTeX package needs two basic pieces to work: a pure Python >> module, and a pure LaTeX style file. Since a Sage installation is >> necessary for either of those pieces to be useful, it seems like it >> would be wise to include SageTeX as a spkg. >> >> I have a preliminary version ready to go: >> >> http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/drake/sagetex-2.0.spkg >> >> The spkg installs a single Python module, sagetex.py, into >> the $SAGE_ROOT/local/lib/python tree. The rest of the files it installs >> are documentation and TeX files; all those are installed into >> $SAGE_ROOT/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/sagetex. The directory fits >> with typical TeX installations, so that anyone who wants to use SageTeX >> can do something like >> >> cp -r $SAGE_ROOT/local/share/texmf/* ~/texmf/ >> >> and run texhash to make their TeX installation aware of the sagetex.sty >> file. >> >> I think having the sagetex.py module built-in to Sage makes sense, as it >> makes it easier to use SageTeX (which in any case doesn't work unless >> you have Sage installed) and the Python module is under 5KB. The rest of >> the spkg is mostly pre-built documentation. >> >> So, should we include SageTeX as a spkg? > > > +1 but with a comment: > > I think the basic idea has been that spkg's are more-or-less the same as > an upstream tarball, so in reality anyone can create one from the > upstream distribution. Is this a different case, in that you created the > spkg from various pieces (some maybe you wrote yourself)?I'm jJust > trying to watch that we are thoughtful about not piling more work on Michael > (and William and ...). > > Are you willing to maintain it, at least for the near future (or if you think > it will not need maintanance for some reason)?
Sagetex is already an independent project with an independent distribution on CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/sagetex.html. Dan is the maintainer. As such, I think it is exactly like any other program we have in an spkg. Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
