Hi, I would like to suggest an alternative approach to this problem of "supported platforms". How about if whenever somebody runs
make testlong at the end an email is sent to [email protected] that contains some information: * description of platform (OS + hardware) * list of files where tests failed * version of sage being tested A script will then 100% automatically generate a webpage based on the above info that will describe exactly which platforms are known to work for any given version of Sage. Simple as that. If we want the list of "supported platforms" for a *given release* to go up, all we have to do is get somebody somewhere to type "make testlong". Obviously, there will be an easy way to disable this. Alternatively, instead of "make testlong" we could just use a different target, e.g., "make testlongreport". William On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:57 AM, David Kirkby <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3 August 2010 15:17, Jason Grout <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 8/3/10 4:12 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > >>> http://wiki.sagemath.org/suggested-for-supported-platforms >>> >>> Does anyone think that page has any fundamental flaws? >> >> The structure of the page and policy looks good to me, except the list of >> "Will not work, and porting will require substantial effort" seems a little >> pointless. That list could blossom to include any number of systems (an IBM >> running z/OS? an Amiga? a TI Calculator?). If there is a commonly asked-for >> system that we acknowledge would be very difficult, then I agree it would >> make sense to put that OS on the list. > > Point taken. I will remove that. > >> You might also add an invitation to help port things on the third list, or >> to help test things on the second list. > > Yes. Very true. > >> I agree that it would be good to make things more specific like you are >> proposing. > > Thank you. > > >>> I think we need one list, and everything else in Sage just has a link to >>> that list. Then when updates are made to the list, they have to be made >>> in only one place. > > Yes, that's what I find most annoying. > >> Thanks, >> >> Jason > > Thank you for your comments Jason. I will implement all your > suggestions, as they all seem sensible. > > Dave > > -- > 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 > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- 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
