mabshoff wrote: > > >> Also, such code could be loaded into a running Sage session easily, >> something like the contributions directory of maxima. Personally, I >> would love if our special-purpose code (probably too specialized to be >> included in Sage) were accessible to anyone that had Sage. > > IMHO there is very little code I would consider to specialized for > Sage, but that depends of you are a fan of the kitchen sink model or > not. I really dislike that concept of a contrib directory like in > Maxima, i.e. in Maxima that directory contains at least some code > duplication and generally not well integrated code, for example > various implementations of vectors that are incompatible and so on. > That code is also not well tested, i.e. there are various failures > depending on the lisp you pick to run the contrib code test suite on. > > The ultimate goal should be to get code into Sage since there is > nearly always common code to factor out and getting more users for > some infrastructure bits in Sage has always improved that code. And if > you apply the same demands to the contributed code as to Sage library > code, i.e. 100% doctests and so on, you might as well get the code in > the library itself. Obviously some people will likely disagree with me > on the kitchen sink model :)
You had my intent right. So you think having a "minimum_rank_bounds" function on graphs and an associated file or two would be okay to be in the Sage library? I don't think it would pass the "widely-needed" criteria of a standard spkg. However, if people think it is interesting enough to go into the Sage proper, then I have no objection. I'd have to get the approval of the other developers, of course. I think probably less than 10 research groups may use this code currently. Those are people that we are actively exposing to Sage, though :). Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
