It looks like the license forbids redistribution of vmware player, so I won't include that. I am making a few dvds on my machine as backup, hopefully Mike Hansen is burning more to mail to David Joyner. I encourage anyone else going to the joint meetings to make a few dvds in advance if you have time.
On Dec 11 2008, 3:55 am, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu> wrote: > On Dec 10, 2008, at 11:29 AM,mhamptonwrote: > > > I have been thinking about the booth at the joint meetings, and what > > sort of merchandise we should have/give away/sell. I think the top > > priority is to have dvds on hand so that people can easily install and > > try out sage. > > I agree. > > > So I am wondering what should be on advd. I helped burn some last > > year but I didn't keep the image around. I am thinking it should > > have: > > > 1) binaries for macs and linux - is it worth having ppc binaries? > > 2) source code > > 3) vmware player - is that OK to include legally? > > 4) vmware image > > 5) Extra documentation - ? I.e. python documentation or sage-related > > math texts. > > Here's what I do > > #!/bin/bash > > DIST='3.1.4' > SAGE_WWW='/home2/sage/www-files' > > # Why can't do -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/*/*/older ? > > mkisofs -v -o /lacie/home/robertwb/iso/sage-$DIST.iso -R -J -V SAGE - > graft-points \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/itanium \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/atom \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/32bit/older \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/64bit/older \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/apple_osx/intel/older \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/apple_osx/powerpc/older \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/64bit/sage-3.1.2-debian-x86_64-intel-x86_64- > Linux.tar.gz \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/64bit/sage-3.1.2-ubuntu-6.06.2LTS-x86_64- > x86_64-Linux.tar.gz \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/64bit/sage-3.1.2-ubuntu-64bit-opteron- > x86_64-Linux.tar.gz \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/64bit/sage-3.1.4-ARCHLinux-IntelXeon-64bit- > x86_64-Linux.tar.gz \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/64bit/sage-3.1.4-SLES10-ia64-Linux.tar.gz \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/64bit/sage-3.1.4-RHEL5-ia64-Linux.tar.gz \ > -x $SAGE_WWW/bin/linux/64bit/sage-3.1.4-rhel5-32bitIntelXeon-i686- > Linux.tar.gz \ > documentation/html=$SAGE_WWW/doc/html/ \ > documentation/pdf=$SAGE_WWW/doc/paper-letter/ \ > documentation/overview=$SAGE_WWW/doc/overviews/ \ > source/README.txt=$SAGE_WWW/src/README.txt \ > source/changelog.txt=$SAGE_WWW/src/changelog.txt \ > source/sage-$DIST.tar=$SAGE_WWW/src/sage-$DIST.tar \ > binaries=$SAGE_WWW/bin \ > README.txt \ > > (Yes, I need to update theDVDto 3.2.1.) I'd be happy to give you/ > point you to the ISO. I've found there's not enough room on theDVD > for all the binaries we build, but throwing vmware player on there > might be a good idea. Also, I'm up for suggestions on what else to > include. > > CreateSpace looks cheaper per disk, but I can't figure out how to > distribute data DVDs through them (short of sending them aDVD, then > paying for a proof, for every revision). Lulu lets you upload the iso > directly. > > > I am planning on printing off some tutorials and Sage Constructions, > > maybe a couple of programming guides but not the reference manual > > (that was impressive last time but might not be worth the cost). > > If we still have it around, it might be good to have it at the booth. > > > Is there any reason to wait for sage-3.3 to do this? Otherwise, to > > make > > sure they are made on time I would like to do it this weekend. > > I think it will be up to date enough. > > > I am also thinking of making some Sage mugs and tee-shirts on > > cafepress or some other similar website. Then I will order a small > > number of these as prizes for a lottery drawing or simple contest. We > > can keep some examples at the booth and anyone who wants one can order > > their own online. I will post again soliciting designs. > > Sounds like a good idea. > > > I thought it might also be nice to make Sage business cards, that list > > the main page URL, the google-groups addresses, the IRC channel, the > > lulu.com documentation link, and the mug & t-shirt cafepress links. > > +1. I think just having business cards with all the info will be a > good idea. Also, it might be good to take down people's email > addresses and email them the link to the sage site (just once). The > ideal is to get them to install and use it right there, but short of > that the question is how will people remember to go and check it out > after the conference gets over. I wonder if serving everything up on > a small wireless network right there at the booth would be an easy > way for people to get it onto their computers (assuming they have > laptops right there). > > - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
