Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-18 Thread kcrisman
> > > That in this case is a Python script that tries to install everything > to make the heavily enhanced version of Sage that people get when they > BTW, a bit OT but any enhancements there that could be reported downstream to "Sage proper"? (I mean without someone doing a lot of digging fo

Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-17 Thread William Stein
On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:35 AM, kcrisman wrote: >> > >> > If you ever get tired of raising the issue, maybe you could try doing >> > something about it. >> >> >> > > > I think in this case the defensive is understandable. > >> >> I have done things about the issues with optional packages. >> Fo

Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-17 Thread kcrisman
> > > > > If you ever get tired of raising the issue, maybe you could try doing > > something about it. > > > I think in this case the defensive is understandable. > I have done things about the issues with optional packages. > For example, I wrote > > https://github.com/sagemathi

Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-17 Thread William Stein
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Nathann Cohen wrote: >> Side question -- Is anything guaranteed to build all optional >> packages? What's the current status of testing them? I keep raising >> this issue... > > > If you ever get tired of raising the issue, maybe you could try doing > something

Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-17 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Friday, 17 April 2015 15:50:10 UTC+1, kcrisman wrote: > > > Side question -- Is anything guaranteed to build all optional >>> packages? What's the current status of testing them? I keep raising >>> this issue... >>> >> >> If you ever get tired of raising the issue, maybe you could try do

Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-17 Thread kcrisman
> Side question -- Is anything guaranteed to build all optional >> packages? What's the current status of testing them? I keep raising >> this issue... >> > > If you ever get tired of raising the issue, maybe you could try doing > something about it. > Until we have the infrastructure of

Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-17 Thread Dima Pasechnik
But we digressed. Does anyone has an opinion about my original question? Thanks, Dima On Friday, 17 April 2015 07:41:02 UTC+1, Nathann Cohen wrote: > > Side question -- Is anything guaranteed to build all optional >> packages? What's the current status of testing them? I keep raising >> this

Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-16 Thread Nathann Cohen
> > Side question -- Is anything guaranteed to build all optional > packages? What's the current status of testing them? I keep raising > this issue... > If you ever get tired of raising the issue, maybe you could try doing something about it. Nathann -- You received this message becau

Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-16 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:12:16 UTC+1, William wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Dima Pasechnik > wrote: > > It seems to me that binary distributions are not guaranteed to be able > to > > build some optional packages. > > Side question -- Is anything guaranteed to build all op

Re: [sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-16 Thread William Stein
On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > It seems to me that binary distributions are not guaranteed to be able to > build some optional packages. Side question -- Is anything guaranteed to build all optional packages? What's the current status of testing them? I keep raising t

[sage-devel] installation of optional spkg's on binary Sage releases

2015-04-16 Thread Dima Pasechnik
It seems to me that binary distributions are not guaranteed to be able to build some optional packages. There were numerous reports on sage-support, and here is another example: http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/18198 However, reading http://sagemath.org/doc/installation/quick-guide.html gives you