#8520: Optional package gap_packages-4.4.12_2 fails to install on Solaris 10
SPARC
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: drkirkby
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.3.4
Component: optional packages | Keywords:
Author: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Comment(by drkirkby):
I'm not in a position to test this now. The server is off and I don't
fancy going out in the cold to power it on - I'll do that in the morning
(UK time).
But I think it would be worth adding SPKG.txt and a repository now. I had
someone email me recently saying he did not feel the need to write a
better script, as there were worst ones in Sage. I think we need to be
careful to try to improve the documentation & quality. There are plenty of
!AddOns for Mathematica, but they are all documented.
I don't understand much about GAP (I'm not a mathematician), but I get the
feeling from the web site there are tons of packages. I wonder the logic
of including a subset of them, when people would probably be better to get
what they need. It will be almost impossible to keep all the packages upto
date. Some, like !FactInt might have quite wide appeal, but others I get
the feeling are not so usefully included. Anyway, I guess that is another
issue.
Dave
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