On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:06 AM, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Marshall Hampton <hampto...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I proposed making the lrs spkg standard about a year ago; Micheal >> Abshoff then critiqued the optional spkg and gave me a list of things >> I needed to do. I think I have done all of them, and I would very >> much like to see lrs made standard to move the polytope functionality >> forward. I really doubt that lrs will cause significant problems, >> even on Solaris (I can compile it on t2, and I know nothing about >> Solaris). >> >> The only reason I have waited to propose lrs as standard is that I >> found my last attempt quite depressing. Actually, I think our voting >> "system" isn't really formal enough. To be perfectly honest, I think >> the reality of it is that I need to convince you (William Stein), the >> current release manager, and then make a reasonable sounding case to >> everyone else. > > Start convincing us! I don't even know what "lrs" is.
Oh, you're right, I think our voting procedure is not formal enough. I've been thinking this for quite a while. I would definitely be interested in having a good discussion about how to make it more formal. Could we do that first before lrs? First, some obvious questions: 1. How does *Python* do package inclusion in their standard library? How is it decided? All I know is that Guido has final say, but I'm sure there is much more to it than that. I think at a bare minimum they require a formal PEP. If so, maybe we should require a formal SEP (=Sage enhancement proposal) before even considering including a new package with Sage. 2. What about other projects? E.g., how does Ubuntu, Debian, etc. decide what is in their standard distribution (the one that comes on CD)? If anybody reading this has experience with any of the above projects or related projects, please share your experience. Once that is done, I think we'll be able to have a productive discussion. -- William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
