On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Dr. David Kirkby<david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > > Alex Ghitza wrote: >> I find the current behaviour (which is fairly new) rather clear on this >> topic: >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> | Sage Version 4.1.1.rc0, Release Date: 2009-07-29 | >> | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. | >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ********************************************************************** >> * * >> * Warning: this is a prerelease version, and it may be unstable. * >> * * >> ********************************************************************** >> >> >> Best, >> Alex > > > Sorry, I did not notice that had been added. I know I muted the idea > before, but it seems someone has taken it up. > > Dave > > >> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Dr. David Kirkby<david.kir...@onetel.net> >> wrote: >>> I think any development release should clearly state it is a development >>> release i.e. in big letters it comes up >>> >>> >>> WARNING - THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT RELEASE FOR DEVELOPERS >>> WARNING - DO NOT TRUST ANY RESULTS FROM THIS
I really like the firmness of that warning over what's currently in Sage. >>> >>> I don't know if we could do that automatically, based on the name of the >>> build directory. i.e. if it contains 'rc0', 'rc1', 'rc2', 'alpha0', >>> 'alpha1', then such a warning was automatically generated. >>> >>> What do people think of that idea? If its felt useful, I could create a >>> Trac ticket for it. As for how to implement it, I am less sure, as I >>> don't know enough about the build process. But it can't be rocket >>> science to come up with some solution to this. (Anyway, I would not be >>> surprised if some Sage developer was a rocket scientist!) >>> >>> >>> >>> Dave >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
