Thanks for the feedback. I have moved the "experimental" package to the unstable tree.
-- Dave On Mar 24, 2007, at 4:30 PM, Sean Lake wrote: > Works great for me! I wouldn't call myself a heavy user by any means, > but it performs everything I have come to expect maxima to perform. > It even fixes the problem I was having with the automatic loading of > libraries. > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php? > func=detail&aid=1562636&group_id=17203&atid=117203 > > I haven't tested it on my PPC machine yet, but I would be surprised > if it doesn't run. > > I've tested it with TeXMacs, running a fair number of commands, and > that seems to wok quite well. > > Plotting works fine, too, with both openmath and gnuplot. > > xmaxima runs just fine - though attempting to launch it from the menu > of X11 doesn't work very well. > > Sean > > On Mar 24, 2007, at 11:50, David R. Morrison wrote: > >> >> On Mar 24, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Stan Sanderson wrote: >> >>> OS 10.4.9, unstable branch, daily fink updates, Gnome, clisp 2.41-1 >>> installed >>> >>> Two questions: fink info says that clisp-maxima is required for >>> Maxima; however, I have yet to find any problems with currently >>> installed Maxima v5.9.2 (except as stated below). Granted, my >>> experience is quite limited. >>> >>> Is clisp-maxima still required for the current Maxima? >>> >>> xmaxima, when invoked from xterm, reports >>> >>> "Error in startup script: can't read "prefix": no such variable >>> while executing >>> "set autoconf(datadir) "${prefix}/share"" >>> (file "/sw/bin/xmaxima" line 15085) >>> >>> Maxima was installed from command-line with the "y" flag set (fink - >>> y). >>> I haven't seen any related reports in the archives. >>> >>> Help appreciated- thanks! >>> >>> Stan >>> >> >> clisp-maxima is required for maxima-5.9.0.0 (in stable on ppc), but >> is not required for the unstable version. >> >> I recently made an experimental package for a more recent version of >> maxima, available at http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/fink/ >> experimental/dmrrsn/maxima.info?revision=1.1&view=markup >> >> I would appreciate hearing about successes or failures with that >> version: basically, I'm looking for somebody who actually *uses* >> maxima to test it. >> >> You'll notice that fink's maxima package has lost its maintainer; we >> are actively looking for a new one. >> >> -- Dave >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> --- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >> share your >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php? >> page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> _______________________________________________ >> Fink-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
