#19004: Do not search old-style spkgs
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Reporter: vbraun | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.9
Component: build | Resolution:
Keywords: | Merged in:
Authors: Volker Braun | Reviewers:
Report Upstream: N/A | Work issues:
Branch: | Commit:
u/vbraun/do_not_search_old_style_spkgs|
a8ccb41d3e45a9d79a60a9510f1faeb90111e86f
Dependencies: | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by jhpalmieri):
I'm sorry, I'm confused again. Are you just proposing the changes in the
branch, or also to remove files from the server? It's important that
commands like `sage --optional` still list the old-style packages. If you
actually remove them from the server, that won't happen, right?
{{{
$ sage -i p_group_cohomology
Attempting to download package p_group_cohomology
Error: could not find a package matching p_group_cohomology
Try 'sage --package list' to see the available packages
There is no package similar to p_group_cohomology
}}}
Then since `sage --package list` doesn't actually list
`p_group_cohomology`, it is not clear how someone is supposed to find out
about it or find its URL. `sage --optional` does list it, but doesn't say
how to obtain it. If I were a novice user, I would be confused about
whether this was a valid package or not.
It might be better if, instead of deleting item 2b, it behaved
differently: it should never install a package, but only print a warning,
something like: "Old-style Sage package available from <URL>. Run <CMD> to
install it. Only do this if you know what you're doing." In addition, it
should print the apropos message (probably first), so someone running
`sage -i python` will be given appropriate advice.
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