On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Dr. David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > On 06/14/10 06:39 PM, William Stein wrote: > OK, we will agree to differ. I can't see what harm issuing a warning does - > especially for novice users. > > In contrast, deepening on your point of view, logging data with fake files > can be either a blessing or a nuisance. > > I think in the short term, the main benefit would be to stop users setting > these variables. Getting Sage to build with a non-GNU compiler is not going > to be easy, and certainly wont be done in the short term. Getting it to > build with gcc on OpenSolaris, FreeBSD and Cygwin seems to present more than > its fair share of problems.
Alright, I'm personally OK with your proposal to add the warning/error you suggested earlier when certain environment variables are set. Make sure it includes the message about how to disable it. -- William -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- 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
