Right now, several important files are not under revision control: - the plain text files in SAGE_ROOT: makefile, sage, README.txt, COPYING.txt, etc. - the plain text files in SAGE_ROOT/spkg: install, gen_html, README.txt, standard/deps, etc.
Recently, there has been a lot of work done on spkg/install and spkg/ standards/deps, for example, and it would have been much easier to manage if they were in a mercurial repo somewhere. I propose that we place these under revision control. Specifically, I propose that we should put copies of these files in a directory local/ bin (which is under revision control as the sage_scripts spkg) and then copy them to the appropriate places in spkg-install. I'm not sure this is the best approach, but it seemed easier than creating a new repo just for these files. The patch at #9433 implements this, and also adds information to the README.txt files in the appropriate directories explaining revision control for these files and how to edit them. Opinions? -- John -- 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
