People are answering the question I intended to ask. So far no-one uses the branching mechanism. Who knows if it still works....if it doesn't someone should remove mention of it from the docs.
John On 9 February 2012 15:53, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote: > On 2/9/12 9:44 AM, Keshav Kini wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 23:30, Jason Grout<jason-s...@creativetrax.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I use separate directories in devel/ to have multiple versions of the new >>> sage notebook installed. They're almost all git repositories, though :). >>> I >>> don't know if that counts as a yes or no to your question. >> >> >> IMO it's important to note that these directories and the symlink are >> managed by you (afaik), and are not ingrained into Sage's concept of >> what is there. This is in contrast to the Sage library, which actually >> causes Sage to refuse to start up unless there is a symlink >> $SAGE_ROOT/devel/sage pointing to a directory called >> $SAGE_ROOT/devel/sage-foo (as I discovered when writing >> https://github.com/sagemath/sagelib/blob/github-master/README.rst ). >> So I think that counts as a "no", if the question is to be interpreted >> as being about whether we should keep that "branch"-handling code in >> the Sage scripts. Though of course I don't know whether John meant it >> that way. > > > You correctly interpreted my response, and I agree with your conclusions. I > haven't used the sage branch-handling code in years. > > Jason > > > > > -- > 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 -- 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
