>> I also noticed that the valgrind package is old; In particular it doesn't >> even compile on Fedora 14. But then its such a commonly-used tool that its >> already on every machine that is used for software development. The fact >> that nobody every complained about the outdated valgrind spkg should >> probably be taken as a sign that nobody needs it. >> > In that case is there an argument for not having the package at all - i.e. > simply remove it as an optional package?
I use that Valgrind package all the time. It works for me, so I don't complain. You're saying that's a good reason to make it unavailable for me to use??? By the way, I've seen Ivan's work on #7766 and I'm going to review that ticket soon if someone doesn't beat me to it. It looks very good-- e.g., it includes better suppression files specific to Sage. -- Robert L. Miller http://www.rlmiller.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
