On Oct 26, 7:11 am, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote: > Leif - > > Any thoughts on the source suggestion? If there really would be > little confusion with a separate Darwin source distribution that > included fortran (where it could be verified this was the only > difference), that might also be a way to go, as you say.
If you really want separate source distributions, it shouldn't be "Darwin" and "everything else": it should be "everything" and "optional smaller version for linux" (or linux & solaris, or systems which already include fortran, or whatever). That is, there should be one source distribution that works *everywhere* so that non-computer- savvy users can download it and just type "make". Then for people who want to read the fine print, they can get the smaller version if their system meets the requirements. But to save 30 MB, it doesn't seem worth the possible confusion. If we want to do anything along these lines, I like Dave's idea of including a different compression tool. -- John -- 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
