> > > > One is an updated Boost library (standard spkg), and the other is an > update to polymake (optional spkg). I've had to upload them to my own > server because of the filesize limit on trac. It would be nice if someone > could review them. > > The first one may be a bit controversial because of its size (~5M), which > has been discussed here earlier. The total boost library is ~50M, the > headers are ~5M (this package) and the current package in sage is ~300K. > This current package missed certain headers that the recent version of > polymake needs. > > Is it possible to have the full Boost be an optional spkg as well? We have boost-cropped, so maybe boost would install separately? Then this wouldn't be an issue.
> Even though this increases the size by an order of magnitude, I think it > will become increasingly unmaintainable to ship only a subset of the > headers. We should be content with the fact that we've already won an order > of magnitude by not shipping the library parts. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=en.
