On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 3:08:56 PM UTC+1, Volker Braun wrote: > > My 5 cents: > > * Magma is not a spkg. > > Sure whence the third party software, though most optional spkgs ship third party software as well.
> * Library code that depends on optional / third-party software uses the # > optional - foo mechanism. > > Sure that's fine for skipping doctests, but even for that I feel the Sage library could get polluted if we support too many optional spkgs/third party software, especially if these aren't correctly maintained anymore; not speaking about magma, but I don't think anyone tests all the optional spkgs and can ensure none of them is broken when standard pieces of Sage are upgraded. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
