#18859: Update docs to use "make pkgname" instead of "./sage -i pkgname"
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Reporter: jdemeyer | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: needs_work
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.9
Component: documentation | Resolution:
Keywords: | Merged in:
Authors: Jeroen Demeyer | Reviewers: Ralf Stephan
Report Upstream: N/A | Work issues: ???
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Comment (by jdemeyer):
Replying to [comment:28 ncohen]:
> > Yes, and `./sage -i` will keep working exactly like before, which I
consider a good thing (keeping in mind backwards compatibility). Why do
you consider that a bad thing?
>
> If it still works like before, why do you change all occurrences of
'sage -i' in the source and doc?
Because installing packages with dependencies is better than installing
packages without dependencies. The old command still works, we are just
documenting the high-level interface instead of the low-level command.
> It is. If you just say "type 'make pkgname'" in a doc/exception message,
I am 100% sure that people will open terminals, type what they are
requested to type, and not know what to do with the message "There is no
Makefile in this folder" just because they are not in SAGE_ROOT.
OK fine, I see your point. Would you agree with this ticket if we added an
option `sage -m` to run `make` and documentated that?
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