On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 3:06:14 PM UTC-8, Jeroen Demeyer wrote:
>
> I came across the following in the Sage Developer guide:
>
>    - If your package depends on another package, say boehmgc, then you
>      should check that this other package has been installed. Your
>      ``spkg-install`` script should check that it exists, with code
>      like the following:
>
This is relevant for optional packages, so maybe it should say:

  If your package depends on an optional package, say ..., then you should 
....

As Dima points out, Simon King's group cohomology package does something 
like this.

Is the 'deps' file discussed in the Developer's Guide?

-- 
John

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