+1. This might actually be the way to go, more or less --- make sage debian package a downloader. Debian actually has such packages, e.g., something that downloads free fonts for OO...
Dima On Mar 7, 3:47 pm, "ma...@mendelu.cz" <ma...@mendelu.cz> wrote: > On 7 bře, 01:05, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > It's not clear if it is PITA or not. As far as I can tell, nobody > > lifted a finger to work on the Debian/Ubuntu packaging of Sage during > > the last 6 months (or more). Nobody is working on it. > > Just some ideas. I wonder if the following is possible > > Replace sage package in Debian and Ubuntu repositories by a simple > script which does the following: > > 1. checks if sage is installed, if no, downloads the latest Debian > binary and unpacks (say in /opt/Sage-4.3.3 and makes ln -s /opt/sage / > opt/sage-4.3.3) > 2. if yes, checks, that sage binary is not 6 months old > 3. runs sage > > Robert Marik -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
