On Nov 22, 3:41 pm, Ronan Paixão <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It might be a very good idea to have "sage -upgrade" interactively ask
> > the user if they "really want to do this" if they are upgrading a binary.
> > If a user built from source in the first place, "sage -upgrade" is pretty
> > likely to work (or at least, should be supported). If they installed a
> > binary,
> > it's reasonable to worry.
>
> > Alternatively, maybe "sage -upgrade" should always interactively have
> > a little quiz... :-).
>
> > -- William
>
> +1 on having a quiz, but I have some reservations about it.
> When doing upgrades, one thing that I don't like is to have the install
> stop all the time asking for questions. The problem is that sage
> compilation takes a lot of time and I like to let it do that in the
> night. If one stops all the time, I have to be there to answer
> everything. That already happens with unresolved merges :(
>
> The ideal would be if the upgrade process made the 'quiz' in the
> beginning, so the user could answer everything up front.
The suggestion was a joke :)
> Ronan Paixão
Cheers,
Michael
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