On Nov 5, 2011, at 12:16 , Julien Puydt wrote: > Le 05/11/2011 17:42, William Stein a écrit : >> What do you base this "probably" on? Having started and watched Sage >> "evolve" of over 6 years, if anything it is not evolving in the >> direction you suggest. > > Fair point. But that can't last.
Trying to make a "self-contained" system that utilizes a wide variety of system-provided libraries is an exercise leading to premature grey hair and high blood pressure. There are so many different versions of each library and system (for Linux, in particular) that it's a practical impossibility to produce a package like Sage that will work on the systems currently supported. Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- 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
