[sage-devel] Re: [debian-sage] Re: Re: Debian package...

2010-03-16 Thread Harald Schilly
On Mar 16, 4:47 am, Dan Drake wrote: > In any case, athttps://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPAit says a PPA > only gets 1 GB of disk space, which is problematic for Sage. ... No, it's not. Just ad "aria2" as a dependency for the package and grab the ubuntu binary via aria2c --seed-time=0 http://.

Re: [sage-devel] Re: [debian-sage] Re: Re: Debian package...

2010-03-15 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Mar 15, 2010, at 8:47 PM, Dan Drake wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 at 09:14PM -0600, Jason Grout wrote: What about this: we make a PPA of the binary and just direct everyone to that. That way, there is a one-step, distribution-supported avenue for getting an up-to-date Sage. At least, this migh

Re: [sage-devel] Re: [debian-sage] Re: Re: Debian package...

2010-03-15 Thread Dan Drake
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 at 09:14PM -0600, Jason Grout wrote: > What about this: we make a PPA of the binary and just direct everyone > to that. That way, there is a one-step, distribution-supported avenue > for getting an up-to-date Sage. At least, this might be a very easy > stop-gap measure, if some

[sage-devel] Re: [debian-sage] Re: Re: Debian package...

2010-03-15 Thread Jason Grout
On 03/13/2010 06:48 PM, Tim Abbott wrote: I don't like the current situation any more than you do, but the Ubuntu archive maintainers' policy isn't unreasonable, even if it is frustrating. What about this: we make a PPA of the binary and just direct everyone to that. That way, there is a one