On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM Dima Pasechnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM Michael Orlitzky <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > One of the ./configure checks for python is expecting the old format > > for the license identifier in pyproject.toml, but all of the ones used > > in sage have been updated. > > > > We probably shouldn't check this so soon because the sage distro > > installs a newer setuptools anyway (is setuptools to blame?). > > This is something that happens during the check of the system python, > 3.12.3, with its setuptools. > Do this mean that it fails its *own* checks? > Or does it does check Sage's pyproject.toml, but this check is too old > for our current pyproject.toml? > > I don't get what's going on here. Is 3.12.3 too old now for us?
it actually is almost 2 years old, and that's an Ubuntu fault for keeping it that old. On the other hand, Python 3.13 on Ununtu 24.04 should be at least 3.13.7, which is much newer, and hopefully working. Switch to 3.13? > > > > Then > > again, we probably probably should have python as a prereq instead of > > the hundreds of lines of m4 macros currently used validate it. > > https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/41120 > is moving python to prereqs (more precisely, even to bootstrap's prereqs) > > Dima > > > > > Ref: > > > > 0. https://github.com/sagemath/sage/commit/df46f6e4 > > 1. > > https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/pyproject-toml/#license > > > > -- > > 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 [email protected]. > > To view this discussion visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/aYJDktyjnOIGde62%40mertle. -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CAAWYfq2f5sRFQURfUWo2x%2BbVnNJVK53Wz-zgqNEjG31BG5CtMQ%40mail.gmail.com.
