On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 10:40 PM John H Palmieri <jhpalmier...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Sage policy proposal: > > - For any new standard Sage package PKG, we strongly recommend, require if > at all possible, that the package comes with an spkg-configure.m4 script in > build/pkgs/PKG. There should also be a directory build/pkgs/PKG/distros. > > Neither the spkg-configure.m4 file nor the distros directory seems to be > documented anywhere, so https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/30543 adds > documentation for these and also states this new "policy". (It's not really > a policy, just a strong recommendation. Some packages are written > explicitly for Sage or otherwise won't have good system replacements, so I > don't think we should require it.) > > If you approve, I would also request that you, as Sage developers, pay > attention when you're reviewing tickets. If someone is proposing a new > standard package, please keep this policy in mind. > but this only makes sense for software installable by means of `./configure+make` rather than with `pip`. > > -- > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/681260ed-675f-4c70-b267-9226ddb29b22o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/681260ed-675f-4c70-b267-9226ddb29b22o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CAAWYfq1FNAQubtR2ZGtO_oBygZTPaGkutZQzm%3DsCMgjTE-Yxjw%40mail.gmail.com.
