On Friday, September 24, 2021 at 9:03:20 AM UTC-7 Dima Pasechnik wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 4:43 PM Matthias Koeppe <matthia...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> you are shifting the work from our working spkg-install.in script to >> handholding users who attempt [install of gcc from source] 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/... >
You might recall that in 2020 I wrote the system-package recommendation scripts, a virtual beekeeper if you will, to reduce the workload of those answering the repeated questions by users on the mailing list regarding installation problems. It would be unwise to make changes to the Sage distribution that provoke a new wave of installation problems. -- 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/6ab95d5b-6e54-4e2a-aaf8-19e6f858c9a9n%40googlegroups.com.
