Hi Tim,
Thanks for looking into this!
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:02:18 -0500 (EST), Tim Abbott <tabb...@mit.edu> wrote:
> The answer I got on this is that there is no procedure for removing a
> package from a stable release -- Ubuntu doesn't do that kind of thing.
That's pretty hilarious.
> However, they did say that given the circumstances, it might be possible
> to push through a major update to the package to Karmic when once one is
> available.
>
> So I think this leaves us at "we need to update the package". Sigh.
Maybe we should just take whatever version of Sage is in Ubuntu right
now and patch it so that running sage simply exits with something like
**********************************************************************
THIS VERSION OF SAGE IS RIDICULOUSLY OUT-OF-DATE!
Please download a binary for the latest version of Sage at
http://www.sagemath.org
or build it yourself from source.
If you insist on running this version, type
./sage -yes_i_know_its_ridiculous_but_i_want_to_anyway
**********************************************************************
What do you think? Too over-the-top?
Best,
Alex
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Alex Ghitza -- http://aghitza.org/
Lecturer in Mathematics -- The University of Melbourne -- Australia
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