On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 2:50:09 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Nils Bruin <nbr...@sfu.ca <javascript:>> > wrote: > > On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 1:30:25 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > >> > >> I'm not sure what the status is these days, but we may want to stop > >> including a python3 binary in Sage by default with "python3" right > >> there in the "sage -sh" path... > > > > > > As far as I understand, having python3 included in sage is part of the > > deliberate strategy towards porting sage to python3. Since sage comes > with > > its own python(2), the most straightforward move of sage would be > towards > > sage working on top of an included python3. > > The problem is simply the "python3" executable which gets picked up > and breaks things. >
Will any python3 executable break things, or is there something specifically wrong with the one that Sage builds? > > > If you're using jupyter for non-sage-specific purposes (apparently > relying > > on a system python3), why not use system jupyter? Personally, I just > install > > the sage-jupyter kernel in the system jupyter. That way, your main > jupyter > > runs independent of sage (other than the extensions that get registered > upon > > registering the sage kernel), and doesn't get confused by the system > things > > sage does. > > Nope. For example, Sage worksheets in Cocalc have a full "jupyter > bridge" that lets you simultaneously use several different Jupyter > kernels from within a Sage session, e.g., in different cells of a > notebook. Having python3 in the PATH randomly breaks many of these. > Removing it, and everything works fine. > > For now I guess we'll keep deleting local/bin/python3 ourselves... > > Frickin' Guido... > > William > > > -- > William (http://wstein.org) > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
