On 06/06/2010 10:43:38 PM, Rob Beezer wrote:
On Jun 6, 9:05 am, Mike Witt <msg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This does kind of reinforce the concept, which I guess I've
> heard expressed before here, that you have to be prepared
> to update your sage build very frequently in order to keep
> up with things.
Exactly. ;-) But with
sage -upgrade
at a system prompt, it couldn't be much easier.
Rob
Well, getting a new version is no problem (assuming it builds on one's
system). But since there is no distinction between "bug fix" releases
and releases in which the interface to some function might change (such
as
the change we were just discussing) you never know when downloading a
new version is going to cause you some work figuring out how to update
existing code.
Again, I may be an atypical user. I like to have a stable system. I only
install every *other* fedora release :-)
I have the distinct impression that most of the people here are active
developers, who spend time every day reading the mailing lists, looking
at the code, and keeping track of the status of bugs, etc. I'm actually
the guy who is trying to use Sage as "a viable free open source
alternative
to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab" :-)
But, note that I'm not asking for my money back ...
-Mike
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