> Python >= 2.6 is required > > Since when? At the very least our documentation for installation/whatever should be changed. (!)
That is "not good", for some value of good. Plus, what was the rationale? (That is a legitimate question, I assume there was a good reason, I just don't know it.) I just tried to build Sage from scratch on a (nearly) obsolete platform... >> having already made some appropriate changes. What surprises me is that I >> have trouble with the first package, namely patch! Because of the Sage >> bootstrap thingie >> >> ../sage_bootstrap/config.py, line 63 >> @classmethod >> ^ >> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >> >> Well, yes, in Python 2.3 which is what I have on this computer. But it >> shouldn't matter, right? The system Python should have NOTHING TO DO with >> Sage, right? Why is Sage trying to use my system Python anyway? Shouldn't >> one be able to build/use Sage on a nearly empty install of some random >> Linux, for instance? See e.g. >> http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/source.html#command-line-tools >> or "Although some of Sage is written in Python, you do not need Python >> pre-installed on your computer, since the Sage installation includes >> virtually everything you need." >> >> (This is Sage 6.8.) >> >> Thanks, >> - kcrisman >> >> PS http://wiki.sagemath.org/SupportedPlatforms hasn't been updated in a >> while. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
