#18904: Automatically test optional non-packages (CPLEX, Gurobi, Maple?, ..)
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       Reporter:         |        Owner:
  ncohen                 |       Status:  needs_work
           Type:         |    Milestone:  sage-6.8
  enhancement            |   Resolution:
       Priority:  major  |    Merged in:
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  doctest framework      |  Work issues:
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        Authors:         |  44dd24195f94413afd072ef20d03d5491b8b5f2d
  Nathann Cohen          |     Stopgaps:
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Changes (by jdemeyer):

 * status:  needs_review => needs_work


Comment:

 > `mathematica(1)` is just the way I used to detect whether the software
 > is installed. If we need something more reliable, we can have a
 > `is_mathematica_available()` function somewhere that checks it
 > properly.

 Good idea!

 I'm still thinking if that would be a sufficient solution, but I think you
 really should introduce functions like that. And I agree with Volker to
 move these detecting-optional-tags functions to a new file.

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