I don't really have a say in this, but I've given this a lot of thought since I decided to drop Sage as my scientific Python distribution a year ago and have been searching for a new one ever since.
My problem with Gentoo in general is that it solves the problems that SPKGs have by adding complexity (in the same way any Linux distro does). I much prefer something like Nix (http://nixos.org), where Eelco Dolstra instead had a new, brilliant idea which just makes simple things powerful. I wrote these notes up on using Nix for a scientific Python distribution (including Sage): https://github.com/dagss/scidist/blob/master/ideas.rst (I may be interested in putting in work in this direction...) But of course, Gentoo has a scientific community etc. etc. which Nix sort of lacks, so I can definitely see Gentoo making more sense for you. Dag Sverre Seljebotn -- 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
