On 26 Mai, 20:00, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu> wrote: > On May 26, 2010, at 10:47 AM, leif wrote: <SNIP> > >>>> There are other alternatives. > > >>> Such as? > > >> * As I said above, incorporate it into Cygwin. > > >> * Provide an optional spkg. > > >> * Provide (it with) Cygwin or a "patch" to Cygwin. > > >> * Run Sage in VirtualBox on Windows. > > >> * Use the Sage notebook interface in Windows, the server running on a > >> proper operating system ;-) > > > Oh, and of course: > > > * Convince Microsoft to fund a native port of Sage and all its > > included packages. > > > * Convince Microsoft to change their APIs. > > :). I was actually thinking you were saying there was a better package > providing the same features. In any case, I'd say yes, lets include > it, because it'll solve our problem now in a clean way. Long term it > may make sense to push it into cygwin itself.
In the long term, many packages should be moved from the main tarball/ made prerequisites, such that you only have to download them if you really need them. -Leif -- 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
