Hi Maarten, On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:28:47 -0800 (PST) Maarten Derickx <m.derickx.stud...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was merging my new ipython spkg wich needed review for some time > already at http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11235 but now > needs work because in the time that it needed review some people > made http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11460 and upgraded > ipython. Now I noticed that in the new spkg they use patch in the > spkg-install file (it was not in the old spkg-install) but in the > developer guide they there is explicitly stated to not use > it: > http://www.sagemath.org/doc/developer/patching_spkgs.html#use-cp-for-patching. > But there is no explanation why one should not do that, so can > someone tell me why? Because using patch seems much more logical to > me. This used to be the case to avoid a dependency on the patch tool. At some point, patch was included in Sage (see sage-devel archives). I guess no one updated the documentation since then. Can you open a ticket for the documentation update if there isn't already one? Cheers, Burcin -- 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
