Hi all, I've been aware for a while that some libraries are not happy that their package is not explicitly mentioned by name on the sagemath.org home page and that you have to click through to the "and many more" to see their package credited.
I have a suggestion how this could be made more equitable for the many dependencies of Sage. The home page could randomly rotate the names of external dependencies that are listed on the main page so they all get equal exposure. It could even say, "Here is a selection updated randomly: ....... but there are many _more_". (My apologies if this is already the case, but after a number of refreshes, the list doesn't appear to change, presently.) Obviously, the intention of this suggestion is to bring more prominent credit to authors of those other packages, which they deserve. As such, I'd prefer if we could avoid discussions to justify listing only certain packages on the main page (other than technical considerations, such as limited space on the main page), as this would have the opposite of the intended effect, which is to prominently recognize their work, which is well-deserved. I'm aware there may be other technical considerations, such as static vs dynamic nature of the html, SEO optimisation considerations related to regular changes to the page, etc. I guess those need to be considered. But I also believe this is a very important social issue, or I wouldn't raise it. (The alternative, of course, would be to remove the short list on the main page and only have the very long list on the "and many more" page.) Sorry it's taken me so long to get around to mentioning this, after it had been repeatedly brought to my attention by various people over the years. Bill. -- 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.
