#6938: sage-README-osx.txt is non-sensical for a source distribution.
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: tba
Type: defect | Status: needs_work
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.4
Component: documentation | Keywords:
Author: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Comment(by kcrisman):
Replying to [comment:7 drkirkby]:
> Replying to [comment:6 kcrisman]:
> > Replying to [comment:5 drkirkby]:
> > > One option might be to have a file ".README-OSX-binary.txt" for
information about binaries, and README-OSX.txt for information about
source. Then if one runs sage -bdist, it replace README-OSX.txt with
.README-OSX-binary.txt
> > >
> >
> > Except for the dot, that is a good idea, and maybe a not hard way to
fix this. Unfortunately, Macs automatically hide dot files in the Finder,
and so most people would then have no README to see (unless they though to
use ls -a in command line, which is not automatic for many).
>
> That was my whole point about using a dot - it would not be found
easily.
>
> If the information only relevant to those using a binary distribution
was in a file starting with dot in the sources, then it would not be too
obvious to those looking at the sources.
>
> It would only become apparent on a binary distribution, because the act
of running 'sage -bdist' would have removed the dot.
I understand now - I got confused by all the files and dots, sort of Dr.
Seuss-esque. I'll definitely look into this soon.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/6938#comment:8>
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