On Apr 21, 3:08 pm, Robert Bradshaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wish all forks could be as amicable as the Pyrex/Cython one, but > understandably that is rarely the case. I support the reasons behind > MPIR, but I think it's a very good thing to provide a GMP spkg for > Sage--it gives users the choice. But Robert, that choice is illusory. Already it's impossible to install the gmp-4.3 spkg without breaking all those doctests. Over time, it's inevitable that the APIs of the two packages will diverge, unless the projects can come to some kind of agreement. I can't see how this can be a good thing. david --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
