On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:30 PM, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We're not including it with Sage.  We would make it available since
>> XCode is such a pain in the ass (and is not free).    That Cython
>> and even "sage -b" don't work without having to pay Apple additional
>> money, gets in the way of our goals for Sage.
>
> Yeah, I was always wondering why we needed a compiler to change .py
> files.
>
>> Also, it will be nice since we can include gfortran in our gcc spkg,
>> and completely remove the
>> binary fortran spkg from Sage.
>
> This sounds good.
>
> So the idea would be that one would develop on Mac by doing
>
> ./sage -i gcc
> ./sage -b

Yes!   No screwing with joining the Apple developer network, paying
$5, installing > 1GB, etc., just to get GCC.

Also, we could have a dmg available that would install GCC (including
gfortran) somewhere, and could be used to build Sage on OS X.

william

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> - kcrisman
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