Re: Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-05 Thread Volker Braun
On Friday, March 4, 2011 2:05:19 PM UTC, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > There are some finite element software based on Python - see for > example http://pfem.sourceforge.net/ > That project looks pretty much dead. I think it would be better to have a Cython wrapper to some generic finite element /

Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-04 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 03/ 4/11 02:40 PM, Mike Hansen wrote: On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:05 PM, David Kirkby wrote: * Add GPIB support for Linux only - probably the only platform where this is doable with totally free software. FreeBSD would be possible if the port was complete. Solaris and OS X would probably need t

Re: Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-04 Thread Mike Hansen
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:05 PM, David Kirkby wrote: > * Add GPIB support for Linux only - probably the only platform where > this is doable with totally free software. FreeBSD would be possible > if the port was complete. Solaris and OS X would probably need to use > a commerical driver for the GP

Re: Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-04 Thread David Kirkby
On 4 March 2011 14:24, Harald Schilly wrote: > Thank's for your suggestions, but about that: > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 15:05, David Kirkby wrote: >> I don't know of any way to add a finite element front end onto Sage, > > I think we should not try to copy femhub. E.g. it's not a coincidence > th

Re: Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-04 Thread Harald Schilly
Thank's for your suggestions, but about that: On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 15:05, David Kirkby wrote: > I don't know of any way to add a finite element front end onto Sage, I think we should not try to copy femhub. E.g. it's not a coincidence that their packages end in *.spkg http://femhub.org/codes.

Re: Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-04 Thread David Kirkby
On 4 March 2011 09:28, Martin Albrecht wrote: > On Friday 04 March 2011, David Kirkby wrote: >> Perhaps a very different approach is needed. One thing I feel Sage >> lacks is engineering applications. How about basing the applications >> upon building engineering applications on the top of maths

Re: Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-04 Thread Martin Albrecht
On Friday 04 March 2011, David Kirkby wrote: > On 3 March 2011 19:26, Harald Schilly wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 20:16, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > >> IIRC we have not been successful in recent times. Do we get any feedback > >> why? > > > > No, one vague guess is that there is a limit for

Re: Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-04 Thread Hector
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Martin Albrecht < martinralbre...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hello Dr. David Kirkby, > > It may be a trivial question but couldn't get what is IIRC. Is it IRC? > > Googleing didn't return much relevant results. > > It means "If I recall correctly", see the golden so

Re: Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-04 Thread Martin Albrecht
> Hello Dr. David Kirkby, > It may be a trivial question but couldn't get what is IIRC. Is it IRC? > Googleing didn't return much relevant results. It means "If I recall correctly", see the golden source of slang definitions: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=IIRC :) Cheers, Ma

Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-04 Thread Hector
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:34 AM, David Kirkby wrote: > On 3 March 2011 19:26, Harald Schilly wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 20:16, Dr. David Kirkby > wrote: > >> IIRC we have not been successful in recent times. Do we get any feedback > >> why? > > > > No, one vague guess is that there is a li

Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-03 Thread David Kirkby
On 3 March 2011 19:26, Harald Schilly wrote: > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 20:16, Dr. David Kirkby > wrote: >> IIRC we have not been successful in recent times. Do we get any feedback >> why? > > No, one vague guess is that there is a limit for each topic and we are > - obviously - in a small "math s

Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-03 Thread Harald Schilly
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 20:16, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > IIRC we have not been successful in recent times. Do we get any feedback > why? No, one vague guess is that there is a limit for each topic and we are - obviously - in a small "math software" topic. Let's see, trying again doesn't hurt. H

Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-03 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 03/ 3/11 06:19 PM, Harald Schilly wrote: I'm in charge this year. I'll write something up and everybody how wants to be a possible mentor please contact me (I'll also contact some usual suspects). greetings Harald IIRC we have not been successful in recent times. Do we get any feedback why

Re: [sage-devel] Re: About GSoC

2011-03-03 Thread Hector
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Harald Schilly wrote: > I'm in charge this year. I'll write something up and everybody how wants to > be a possible mentor please contact me (I'll also contact some usual > suspects). > > greetings Harald > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@