On Monday, March 26, 2018 at 11:34:04 AM UTC+1, Dr David Kirkby wrote: > > On 26 March 2018 at 00:09, Dima Pasechnik <dim...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Given this, there should be no tickets made blockers merely on the basis >> that Sage broke on your favourite patchbot or laptop... >> >> Dima >> > > I think the method Wolfram Research follow with Mathematica has a *lot* > of merit. With respect to Linux, they say: > > http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/system-requirements.html > > "Ubuntu 12.04–17.10 > RHEL 6–7 > CentOS 6–7 > Debian 7–9 > openSUSE 12.1–13.2/Leap 42.3 > Fedora 14–27 > > *Mathematica 11.3 has been fully tested on the Linux distributions listed > above. On new Linux distributions, additional compatibility libraries may > need to be installed. It is likely that Mathematica will run successfully > on other distributions based on the Linux kernel 2.6 or later.* >
I think their task at Wolfram is much easier than here, as compatible to Sage's requirements would be certifying a particular Linux distribution to be fully fit for Sage *development* rather than simple Sage usage. > > > So in other words, I would suggest > > 1) Pick a set of distributions you want to support - not necessarily the > same as Wolfram Research. > 2) Make sure there are patchbots for *all* of them, which test* all > optional packages*. > 3) Make tickets blockers if they fail to work 100% on one of the fully > supported platforms. > 4) If it is impossible to get some aspect of Sage working properly on a > fully supported platform, either drop that part of Sage, or remove that > distribution from the list of fully supported platforms. > > Some of the ideas presented above by some people, would in my opinion at > least, have a negative aspect to the quality of the code. > > Dave > -- 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.
