#13973: Upgrade Maxima past the release 5.29.1
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Reporter: dimpase |
Owner: tbd
Type: defect |
Status: new
Priority: major |
Milestone: sage-5.7
Component: packages |
Resolution:
Keywords: | Work
issues:
Report Upstream: Fixed upstream, but not in a stable release. |
Reviewers:
Authors: | Merged
in:
Dependencies: #13364 |
Stopgaps:
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Comment (by dimpase):
Replying to [comment:3 zimmerma]:
> while we are at it, it seems strange to me that
{{{sage/interfaces/maxima_abstract.py}}} contains a doctest for the maxima
version used:
> {{{
> File "/localdisk/tmp/sage-5.5/devel/sage-
12615b/sage/interfaces/maxima_abstract.py", line 422:
> sage: maxima.version()
> Expected:
> '5.26.0'
> Got:
> '5.29.1'
> }}}
seems that
http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/attachment/ticket/13364/doctests.2.patch
was not installed into the Sage installation you work with.
> What really matters is the **functionality** provided, not the actual
version?
> Does Sage check the actual version of each component?
Sage provides versions at least for some other components, e.g.
{{{gap.version()}}}
Sometimes it might be useful; AFAIK some optional packages check this.
Dima
>
> Paul
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