On Apr 28, 12:04 am, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net>
wrote:
Hi David,
> Looking at the top level README.txt in sage-3.4.2.alpha0, there are a
> couple of things about Solaris of note. The first is minor - the second
> less so.
>
> 1) At one point its called Solaris, and another SOLARIS. After finding
> 'Solaris' at the top, I did a search (using vi as the editor) and found
> little reference to it. Later I see the operating system referred to as
> SOLARIS. It might be worth using the same case, or at least referring to
> it as 'Solaris' in the 'SOLARIS' section, in case someone does a
> case-sensitive search.
>
> 2) More importantly, one reads:
> -----------
> SOLARIS:
> It is reportedly possible, but not recommended yet (see below).
> A fully supported port is planned.
> -----------
>
> But there is NOTHING below that point in the README.txt about Solaris -
> despite the "see below" in there.
>
> It would be worth either putting what information was planned about
> Solaris in the README.txt, or making a 'Solaris.txt' with what
> information is needed. Obviously a link to the tool chain would be worth
> putting.
Yeah, it needs to be fixed. I need to touch README.txt for a couple
other reasons, so I should get to this soon. I have added it to #5339.
Michael
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