#16412: Update Sage FAQ
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Reporter: knsam | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_info
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.3
Component: documentation | Resolution:
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Changes (by knsam):
* cc: mvngu (added)
* status: new => needs_info
Comment:
Hi,
I am going to be unable to submit this (or any) patch for atleast two
weeks from now as my Mac cannot connect to a non-wireless internet ATM.
But, there are a couple of points that need to be discussed; please also
point me to more up-to-date information and if possible, adding to
pointers to potential addition would help me:
1. It says the FAQ is maintained by Minh Van Nguyen. So, I am ccing him on
this ticket and I hope he does not mind...
2. Isn't the list which answers the question "Who uses Sage" definitely
obsolete?
3. In the question about getting help, we should probably add
http://ask.sagemath.org. I think it could be helpful if we could somehow
get a Stack Exchange Site for Sage. But this might be easy or hard
depending upon the initial momentum. I could try submitting an initial
proposal on Area 51 but we need a huge lot of support in the beginning to
get started. But once done, I think we can keep the momentum going...
4. The answer to the question "How do I get started?" mentions sagenb.org.
But I have been under the impression that support might be dropped for
sagenb. Is this not so? Also, some subremarks/subquestions:
- Should we mention http://cloud.sagemath.org here? (And, of course
update the rest of the text...)
- Sage Cell Servers should be surely mentioned.
- The bit of the answer about Sage Notebook on a non-default browser
is probably out of place and is slightly confusing (`opera` should be
replaced by sth generic: `<browser-name>` or such).
5. The question about jsMath is obsolete and must be removed.
6. We should go through mailing list and get a list of things that people
often ask or mistakenly assume and notice odd behaviour. Some that come to
mind:
- Polynomials vs Symbolic Expressions
- Writing a given integer in different basis.
- IPython Terminal Colour and other stuff
- [etc...]
7. The section "Contributing to Sage" needs to mention GIT, the new GIT
Trac and probably some more questions that one has about developing with
GIT. I have had a lot of these questions recently and could probably
contribute a couple of questions here.
- This section could advertise an invitation for people to contribute
doctests: see [http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/12891 #12891] for where
this is coming from. :-)
OK, this is my preliminary set of observations. If there are more, please
put them in a comment here...
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