Downgrading the package from standard to optional is the remedy for an
issue that is blocking the 9.3 release (standard package does not compile
on the standard platform). This is not a question of policy - it's a
practical question of putting together a working release.
On Monday, March 8, 20
Hi,
One related question: we tend to have a 1-year deprecation policy with
Sage, and some could argue that removing R will break use of Sage that uses
the R interface. Should removing the R package from standard be subject to
this deprecation policy or at least a shorter one (6 months)?
I was th
Yes, it is documented how to install optional packages. And Sage 9.3 is
improving how optional packages are advertised (see
https://wiki.sagemath.org/ReleaseTours/sage-9.3#Chapter_on_packages_in_the_Sage_reference_manual).
And yes, optional packages are automatically
tested. https://github.com/s
The question is whether the R interface will remain even marginally usable
once downgraded to optional. It's fine to have optional packages, as long
as there is a clear way to install them and that this is tested. Will this
happen? R seems like an awfully big part of "viable competitor" to le
There are way better distributions of R than ours, just install one of
these and the R interface will still work. In fact, if you rely on R then
you shouldn't be using the outdated version in Sage...
On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 5:22:12 AM UTC+1 John H Palmieri wrote:
> Dear all,
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> You should
