[sage-devel] Re: Making package polymake optional

2017-03-16 Thread Simon King
Hi! On 2017-03-15, kcrisman wrote: >> Now that we are in the process of having a proper interface to polymake >> (see [1] thanks to Simon) I would propose to move the package polymake >> from experimental to optional. For those who don't know, polymake is a >> CAS focused on polytopes (and tor

[sage-devel] Re: Making package polymake optional

2017-03-15 Thread kcrisman
> > Now that we are in the process of having a proper interface to polymake > (see [1] thanks to Simon) I would propose to move the package polymake > from experimental to optional. For those who don't know, polymake is a > CAS focused on polytopes (and toric varieties) written in perl. >

[sage-devel] Re: Making package polymake optional

2017-03-15 Thread Simon King
On 2017-03-14, Travis Scrimshaw wrote: > No objections from me. Although we might want to try and improve the > configure script before we make it optional if it can fail without helpful > error messages. Of course I'd be glad if polymake became optional. However, I don't know how to let insta

[sage-devel] Re: Making package polymake optional

2017-03-14 Thread Travis Scrimshaw
No objections from me. Although we might want to try and improve the configure script before we make it optional if it can fail without helpful error messages. Best, Travis On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 2:54:19 AM UTC-5, vdelecroix wrote: > > Dear all, > > Now that we are in the process of ha