On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 4:43 PM Matthias Koeppe <matthiaskoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, September 24, 2021 at 8:27:07 AM UTC-7 Dima Pasechnik wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 4:14 PM Matthias Koeppe <matthia...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Bizarre that you think that it's easy for users to build gcc from source >>> but it's somehow hard for us to maintain the package that builds gcc from >>> source. >>> >>> Maintaining is a task. Non-maintaining is no task to worry about. >> What's bizarre about this? >> > > Because you are shifting the work from our working spkg-install.in script > to handholding users who attempt it on the mailing lists. > We spoiled the users, they assumed that Sage is a distribution. Yes, there will be a short while they'll ask - and the answer will be: RTFM/apt-get install gfortran/brew install gcc/... NumPy/SciPy mailing lists/support forums aren't full of questions on how to install a Fortran compiler, you know. > > -- > 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/22649531-58ee-4cc8-a717-79c1d986b50an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/22649531-58ee-4cc8-a717-79c1d986b50an%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/CAAWYfq1dOKMsgBuCddyJKtx%2Bh%3D-QvM0UJxPfiyc7VhfUAhqLCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
