+1

On Thursday, December 16, 2010, mhampton <hampto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1
>
> I haven't had any trouble compiling CHomP on a variety of linux and OS
> X machines.  It seems like high quality code that easily qualifies for
> optional status.
>
> -Marshall
>
> On Dec 16, 6:52 pm, John H Palmieri <jhpalmier...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Right now, CHomP is an experimental spkg for Sage.  I propose that it
>> be optional instead.
>>
>> Description: CHomP stands for "Computational Homology Project," and it
>> is a collection of software for homology computation.  It includes
>> both command-line functions and a C++ library.
>>
>> Note that it computes homology much more quickly than Sage's own
>> routines, sometimes by a factor of 100 or more.
>>
>> License: version 2 of GNU GPL
>>
>> Web page:http://chomp.rutgers.edu
>>
>> I'm willing to be the maintainer of the spkg for the required length
>> of time (2 years?).
>>
>> With the patch at <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/9942>, if
>> I run
>>
>>   ./sage -tp 0 -long -only-optional=chomp devel/sage
>>
>> then all tests pass on every machine I've tried:
>>
>> sage.math
>> two mac OS X 10.6 boxes
>> t2.math
>> hawk (David Kirkby's OpenSolaris on x86 machine)
>> skynet machines cicero, eno, flavius, fulvia, lena, mark, sextus,
>> taurus (I can't get Sage to compile on iras or cleo, so I don't know
>> about those.)
>>
>> So I think the spkg is in pretty good shape.  If you're willing to
>> vote for this, you might consider reviewing patch #9942; it should be
>> pretty easy once you install CHomP...
>>
>> I think making a package optional requires a vote, so vote here.
>>
>> --
>> John
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