Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-27 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 20:40:07 UTC, Volker Braun wrote: > > I created http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/19967 for dealing with cliquer > ready for review, by the way... > > > On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 3:36:24 PM UTC-5, Volker Braun wrote: >> >> For the record, the OSX binaries are br

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-27 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 12:55 AM, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > On 2016-01-26 17:08, William Stein wrote: >> >> He said that only dead code in maintenance only mode >> should be added, etc., etc. > > > So we can never add new features to Python? That's depressing... Heh, I'm just reporting what he said

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-27 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2016-01-26 17:08, William Stein wrote: He said that only dead code in maintenance only mode should be added, etc., etc. So we can never add new features to Python? That's depressing... I'm actually really shocked that in all the discussion about getting packages into Sage, we fixed on voti

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread Volker Braun
I created http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/19967 for dealing with cliquer On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 3:36:24 PM UTC-5, Volker Braun wrote: > > For the record, the OSX binaries are broken because cliquer fails to > install; the log contains: > > error: > /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Deve

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread Volker Braun
For the record, the OSX binaries are broken because cliquer fails to install; the log contains: error: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/install_name_tool: changing install names or rpaths can't be redone for: /Users/vbraun/Code/binary-pkg/

Re: sage development (was Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes))

2016-01-26 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Nathann Cohen wrote: >> Nathann: > > William, > > I'm sorry to say that the situation [...] I have over the years seen dozens of incredible Sage developers who could do what we are talking about, but have to instead work fulltime industry jobs now since open sou

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread Nathann Cohen
> Nathann: William, I'm sorry to say that the situation is not as simple as "You suggest, and you are happy to see people doing it for you". Sometimes, people do stuff because nobody would do it otherwise. They feel responsible as members of the community, and so give it a try. I swear: trust me

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread William Stein
Nathann: > I can't help but notice that you say "we" when you say what should be done, and you say "you" when there is actual work ahead.Will you help? Or will you wait for Sage developers to do it? It occurred to me that another reason I've been doing this is because it gives me a sense for

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread Nathann Cohen
> Wouldn't be possible to make a cliquer package ? There is one already, installed in Sage by default. This package is a copy of the cliquer tarball that you can download from its official website. It contains a 'minimal' build system, which does not work on all platforms that Sage supports. For

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread Henri Girard
Wouldn't be possible to make a cliquer package ? Le 26/01/2016 18:20, William Stein a écrit : On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Nathann Cohen wrote: contributions. E.g., they won't even consider a new component be added to Python unless somebody clearly commits to supporting the contribution

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Nathann Cohen wrote: >>> Are you one of them? >> >> Rolls eyes... > > I can't help but notice that you say "we" when you say what should be > done, and you say "you" when there is actual work ahead. I am too busy to work on core Sage development right now. If wh

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread Nathann Cohen
>> Are you one of them? > > Rolls eyes... I can't help but notice that you say "we" when you say what should be done, and you say "you" when there is actual work ahead. You reported this problem concerning cliquer, and you are "all for Sage developpers contributing upstream". Will you help? Or w

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Nathann Cohen wrote: >> Hey I was just reporting on a conversation with Guido about what they >> *already* do with Python. > > It ended with "we should do the same in Sage" I was talking about packages not code. >> Huge +1. I'm all for Sage devs contributing ups

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread Nathann Cohen
> Hey I was just reporting on a conversation with Guido about what they > *already* do with Python. It ended with "we should do the same in Sage" > Huge +1. I'm all for Sage devs contributing upstream :-) Are you one of them? Nathann -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Nathann Cohen wrote: >> contributions. E.g., they won't even consider a new component be >> added to Python unless somebody clearly commits to supporting the >> contribution for "five years". And of course the people making that >> commitment have to be reputable

Re: Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread Nathann Cohen
> > contributions. E.g., they won't even consider a new component be > added to Python unless somebody clearly commits to supporting the > contribution for "five years". And of course the people making that > commitment have to be reputable.We should do the same for Sage -- > Don't you

Cliquer (was Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 7.0 crashes)

2016-01-26 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Volker Braun wrote: > The cliquer "buildsystem" is a steaming pile of s**t, it clearly should not > be a standard package. For starters, it shouldn't install a .so on darwin... Agreed. In fact, here's a (was private) email I wrote in 2009 after having lunch with G