[sage-devel] Re: Another segfault with ATLAS and large matrices

2011-08-09 Thread leif
On 10 Aug., 07:42, leif wrote: > I don't know yet if this is again with a *binary* Sage distribution: > > http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11674 I can reproduce this error with the *binary* Sage 4.7 distribution on Ubuntu 10.04.3 x86_64 (Core2, Penryn). Note that it was built on redhawk

[sage-devel] downtime -- rebooting boxen

2011-08-09 Thread William Stein
Hi, I'm planning to reboot boxen.math.washington.edu tomorrow morning at about 10am Pacific Time to see if that helps fix the issues with email notifications with trac, since so far nobody seems to have had a clue how to fix them. During this time all sage-related websites, the notebook server,

[sage-devel] Another segfault with ATLAS and large matrices

2011-08-09 Thread leif
I don't know yet if this is again with a *binary* Sage distribution: http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11674 See also http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11581 for a previous one, and also http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support/browse_thread/thread/4b421d04fb2d2297 [cc'ing

[sage-devel] Re: AMS Notices article on NIST DLMF (Digital Library of Mathematical Functions)

2011-08-09 Thread rjf
DLMF is a significant upgrade to A&S, but is deeply wedded to a view of technology that simply does not accept the notion of symbolic computation by computer. What do I mean by this? I mean that when it comes to computing, a package either "implements a function" or not. A function is "implement

[sage-devel] Re: Files not world-readable (4.7.1 blockers)

2011-08-09 Thread leif
On 9 Aug., 22:21, leif wrote: > On 9 Aug., 22:09, leif wrote: > > > On 9 Aug., 16:32, leif wrote: > > > > On 9 Aug., 14:00, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > > > > > See also analogous tickets for other packages: > > > > > #11661 (gap) > > > > > #11662 (moin) > > > > > #11663 (singular) > > > > > #1166

Aw: Re: [sage-devel] website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread Harald Schilly
Am Dienstag, 9. August 2011 16:20:07 UTC+2 schrieb John Cremona: > > My guess is the software (which looks very fancy, by the way) just > doesn't know how to determine the city very well from an IP address. > That's true, they certainly just use a simple geolocation resolver and don't have the re

[sage-devel] Re: Files not world-readable (4.7.1 blockers)

2011-08-09 Thread leif
On 9 Aug., 22:09, leif wrote: > On 9 Aug., 16:32, leif wrote: > > > On 9 Aug., 14:00, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > > > > See also analogous tickets for other packages: > > > > #11661 (gap) > > > > #11662 (moin) > > > > #11663 (singular) > > > > #11664 (polybori) > > > Please review these 4.7.1 bloc

[sage-devel] Re: Files not world-readable (4.7.1 blockers)

2011-08-09 Thread leif
On 9 Aug., 16:32, leif wrote: > On 9 Aug., 14:00, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > > > See also analogous tickets for other packages: > > > #11661 (gap) > > > #11662 (moin) > > > #11663 (singular) > > > #11664 (polybori) > > Please review these 4.7.1 blockers, > > #11663 now has positive review. Now al

[sage-devel] Re: Job openings

2011-08-09 Thread leif
On 9 Aug., 19:27, kcrisman wrote: > Somehow I don't see NSA posting on sage-devel, though, however useful > Sage skills would be for working there ;-) You can be sure they'll at least read it. B-) And they don't have to post here; they'll contact you. -leif -- To post to this group, send an

[sage-devel] Re: Job openings

2011-08-09 Thread kcrisman
On Aug 9, 12:55 pm, William Stein wrote: > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Gagan Sekhon wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I just wanted to post a link to current job openings at the company I > > am currently working at. It is a money transfer company based in San > > Francisco. It is a wonderful

[sage-devel] Re: website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread Jason Grout
On 8/9/11 11:58 AM, kcrisman wrote: (this doesn't count foo.sagenb.org, which have thousands, cumulatively). tens of thousands, IIRC. I think sagenb.org now has around 50,000 accounts. Jason -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this grou

[sage-devel] Re: website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread kcrisman
> It certainly provides a cheap-shot criticism of Sage to point to the > lack of a > windows port. On the other hand, does anyone have a handle on how many > real people refuse to use Sage because of this? Not sure, but anecdotally (from conversations devels have had in their classes, with collea

Re: [sage-devel] Job openings

2011-08-09 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Gagan Sekhon wrote: > Hello everyone, > I just wanted to post a link to current job openings at the company I > am currently working at. It is a money transfer company based in San > Francisco. It is a wonderful place to work. > > https://www.xoom.com/sendmoneynow/a

[sage-devel] Job openings

2011-08-09 Thread Gagan Sekhon
Hello everyone, I just wanted to post a link to current job openings at the company I am currently working at. It is a money transfer company based in San Francisco. It is a wonderful place to work. https://www.xoom.com/sendmoneynow/about/jobs There are several software engineering positions open

[sage-devel] Re: website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread rjf
On Aug 9, 7:54 am, kcrisman wrote: > > I just checked on the Maxima sourceforge page.  It seems that between > > 750-1000 downloads of Windows Maxima per day are registered. I suppose > > Certainly right now with the new version.  Presumably this counts > "upgrades"?  I do think people tend to u

Re: [sage-devel] Fwd: Planned migration of PARI repository to GIT

2011-08-09 Thread Robert Bradshaw
If they go all the way to a pull request model, this would probably be a *huge* boon to getting more contributions. I for one would be more likely to provide patches rather than just reports if I found a bug (though that won't completely overcome the intrinsic difficulties in getting into the codeb

[sage-devel] Re: Trac fields: "Upstream"

2011-08-09 Thread leif
On 9 Aug., 16:00, Maarten Derickx wrote: > Below is the list of current possibilities. > > 0. N/A > 1. Not yet reported upstream; Will do shortly. > 2. Reported upstream. Little or no feedback.   > 3. Reported upstream. Developers acknowledge bug. > 4. Reported upstream. Developers deny it's a bug

Re: [sage-devel] AMS Notices article on NIST DLMF (Digital Library of Mathematical Functions)

2011-08-09 Thread Fredrik Johansson
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 4:43 PM, William Stein wrote: > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:30 AM, John Cremona wrote: >> There's an interesting article in the August AMS Notices (available >> here: http://www.ams.org/notices/201107/rtx110700905p.pdf) on the NIST >> Digital Library, an online + print updatin

Re: [sage-devel] AMS Notices article on NIST DLMF (Digital Library of Mathematical Functions)

2011-08-09 Thread John Cremona
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:55 PM, John Cremona wrote: > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:43 PM, William Stein wrote: >> I wonder if there is an official way to petition for the table to be changed? >> > > In the article they say that they would like to be told about > corrections (I think, I cannot find it

Re: [sage-devel] AMS Notices article on NIST DLMF (Digital Library of Mathematical Functions)

2011-08-09 Thread John Cremona
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:43 PM, William Stein wrote: > I wonder if there is an official way to petition for the table to be changed? > In the article they say that they would like to be told about corrections (I think, I cannot find it now). And on the linked page http://gams.nist.gov/ there is

[sage-devel] Re: website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread kcrisman
> I just checked on the Maxima sourceforge page.  It seems that between > 750-1000 downloads of Windows Maxima per day are registered. I suppose Certainly right now with the new version. Presumably this counts "upgrades"? I do think people tend to upgrade Sage less often, because it's such a bi

Re: [sage-devel] AMS Notices article on NIST DLMF (Digital Library of Mathematical Functions)

2011-08-09 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:30 AM, John Cremona wrote: > There's an interesting article in the August AMS Notices (available > here: http://www.ams.org/notices/201107/rtx110700905p.pdf) on the NIST > Digital Library, an online + print updating of the classic Abramowitz > & Stegun book.  Available her

[sage-devel] Re: Files not world-readable (4.7.1 blockers)

2011-08-09 Thread leif
On 9 Aug., 14:00, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > See also analogous tickets for other packages: > > #11661 (gap) > > #11662 (moin) > > #11663 (singular) > > #11664 (polybori) > Please review these 4.7.1 blockers, Sorry, I did not notice the others were blockers for 4.7.*1* when changing the subject.

[sage-devel] AMS Notices article on NIST DLMF (Digital Library of Mathematical Functions)

2011-08-09 Thread John Cremona
There's an interesting article in the August AMS Notices (available here: http://www.ams.org/notices/201107/rtx110700905p.pdf) on the NIST Digital Library, an online + print updating of the classic Abramowitz & Stegun book. Available here: http://dlmf.nist.gov/ One quote: "Note: Certain commerci

[sage-devel] Re: website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread rjf
I just checked on the Maxima sourceforge page. It seems that between 750-1000 downloads of Windows Maxima per day are registered. I suppose one could add to that the people who download Sage, assuming they get a copy of Maxima included in the Sage distribution (I assume Sage downloading doesn't j

Re: [sage-devel] website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread John Cremona
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Martin Albrecht wrote: >> In that summary, Berlin wins the competition for the top non-english >> speaking city this time ;) > > I'm always surprised to see London that high (second highest, right after > Seattle) on the list. Apparently many people here care about

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Trac fields: "Upstream"

2011-08-09 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2011-08-09 16:00, Maarten Derickx wrote: > 1. change: "Reported upstream. Little or no feedback." to "Reported > upstream. Waiting for reply" > > 2. Add a new option: "Reported upstream. Waiting for reply" > > I'm slightly in favour for option 1. +1 I would also shorten "Reported upstream. D

[sage-devel] Re: Trac fields: "Upstream"

2011-08-09 Thread Maarten Derickx
As soon as there is some sort consensus I will change it. Below is the list of current possibilities. N/A Not yet reported upstream; Will do shortly. Reported upstream. Little or no feedback. Reported upstream. Developers acknowledge bug. Reported upstream. Developers deny it's a bug. Fixed u

[sage-devel] Re: website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread Jason Grout
On 8/9/11 8:35 AM, Harald Schilly wrote: Hello everyone It has been a while since my last update on website statistics. I don't have much time to give you an in depth analysis, but in general: not much has changed. If I look back 1 year, the traffic has increased by about 1/3. That's less than t

Re: [sage-devel] website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread Martin Albrecht
> In that summary, Berlin wins the competition for the top non-english > speaking city this time ;) I'm always surprised to see London that high (second highest, right after Seattle) on the list. Apparently many people here care about Sage but I hardly know any Londoners who are into Sage. Che

[sage-devel] website statistics

2011-08-09 Thread Harald Schilly
Hello everyone It has been a while since my last update on website statistics. I don't have much time to give you an in depth analysis, but in general: not much has changed. If I look back 1 year, the traffic has increased by about 1/3. That's less than the year before - I expect that this slowing

[sage-devel] Re: Trac fields: "Upstream"

2011-08-09 Thread leif
On 9 Aug., 11:12, Simon King wrote: > On 9 Aug., 09:17, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > > I actually like "developers deny it's a bug" because it is short and > > very clear. > > "Upstream won't fix it" is short as well, and avoids the association > of guilt that comes with the word "deny". Well, "won

[sage-devel] Files not world-readable (4.7.1 blockers)

2011-08-09 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2011-08-08 15:54, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > See also analogous tickets for other packages: > #11661 (gap) > #11662 (moin) > #11663 (singular) > #11664 (polybori) I have updated spkgs for these, they all need review. I have built Sage with these new spkgs and now all files after the Sage build ha

[sage-devel] Re: Trac fields: "Upstream"

2011-08-09 Thread Simon King
On 9 Aug., 09:17, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > I actually like "developers deny it's a bug" because it is short and > very clear. "Upstream won't fix it" is short as well, and avoids the association of guilt that comes with the word "deny". Best regards, Simon -- To post to this group, send an emai

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Trac fields: "Upstream"

2011-08-09 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2011-08-09 02:34, kcrisman wrote: > I'd add that the "Developers deny it's a bug" option is at least a > little offensive, or has the potential to be so. "Developers do not > view as a bug" or something like that is perhaps a little more > neutral. I actually like "developers deny it's a bug"