On Aug 2, 9:00 am, William Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Dr. David Kirkby > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 08/ 2/10 03:43 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > >> I don't think opening a trac ticket will do any harm. Just make it clear > >> it's experimental. > > > I should add to that, it would be good if the difference between > > experimental and optional could be clarified. The implication from reading > > the web pages is that experimental is more unstable, but nowhere can I find > > what are the requirements for each. Some people just put their packages as > > optional, without going through any experimental stage. > > Could you formulate some more precise descriptions of experimental and > optional, for discussion?
I think that, among other things, optional packages should build on all "supported platforms" (whatever that means -- this phrase needs to be defined carefully somewhere: see #9487), while experimental ones need not. -- John -- To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
