On 08/08/2006 10:01 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| > What is the status of noweb with respect to Axiom installation?
| > That is, noweb is built solely to permit extraction of source code and
| > documentation. Is the built binary ever intended to be installed when
| > Axiom is installed? Can I for sure assume that it is a build utility
| > only?
I would say the answer is: For an ordinary user of Axiom noweb is not
needed.
However, sooner or later a user wants to extend Axiom and he/she should
do that in a pamphlet style. So here noweb is needed.
I see 4 versions
a) bootstrap Axiom (need autoconf and friends)
b) building Axiom from source (need configure, noweb, etc.; no autoconf)
c) use a binary Axiom (a .deb or .rpm package, no sources needed if the
.dvi/.pdf files are provided for the Axiom mathematics library,
Aldor/SPAD compiler would be needed for compiling interactive functions
in the interpreter)
d) extend Axiom (needs at least c) and an Aldor compiler and noweb; no
sources of the build machinery of Axiom is needed)
Ralf
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