#9487: Have an acurate description of what "supported platforms" are, and have
one
list - not numerous different ones.
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: mvngu
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.5.1
Component: documentation | Keywords:
Author: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Description changed by drkirkby:
Old description:
> As has been noted several times before, the list of "supported platforms"
> for Sage varies very depending on what particular file/web-page you read.
> Different sources which include a list of supported platforms include:
>
> * README.txt
> * http://www.sagemath.org/doc/installation/source.html
> * http://wiki.sagemath.org/SupportedPlatforms
>
> A proposal of mine is at
>
> http://wiki.sagemath.org/suggested-for-supported-platforms
>
> which is based on the method used by Mathworks for MATLAB in their list
> of [http://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/current_release/linux.html
> System Requirements for Linux]. Mathworks break "supported" into two
> lists.
> * List systems which MATLAB is tested on, and so they can give good
> support. (In this case, exact version numbers are listed e.g. Ubuntu
> 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, and 9.10)
> * List systems on which MATLAB should work, but which they don't test.
>
> I generalised that to four for Sage,
>
> * Fully supported (Sage is always tested on '''every''' system in this
> list before a release is made)
> * Expected to work
> * Probably will not work, but porting is ongoing
> * Will not work and porting will require substantial effort
>
> The first two are basically the same as Mathworks use. The last two are
> applicable to Sage, but not for a closed source system like MATLAB.
>
> It would be good if the list could be maintained in such a way that there
> are not several different sources giving a different list of "supported"
> systems.
>
> Dave
New description:
As has been noted several times before, the list of "supported platforms"
for Sage varies depending on what particular file/web-page you read.
Different sources which include a list of supported platforms include:
* README.txt
* http://www.sagemath.org/doc/installation/source.html
* http://wiki.sagemath.org/SupportedPlatforms
A proposal of mine is at
http://wiki.sagemath.org/suggested-for-supported-platforms
which is based on the method used by Mathworks for MATLAB in their list of
[http://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/current_release/linux.html System
Requirements for Linux]. Mathworks break "supported" into two lists.
* List systems which MATLAB is tested on, and so they can give good
support. (In this case, exact version numbers are listed e.g. Ubuntu 8.04,
8.10, 9.04, and 9.10)
* List systems on which MATLAB should work, but which they don't test.
I generalised that to four for Sage,
* Fully supported (Sage is always tested on '''every''' system in this
list before a release is made)
* Expected to work
* Probably will not work, but porting is ongoing
* Will not work and porting will require substantial effort
The first two are basically the same as Mathworks use. The last two are
applicable to Sage, but not for a closed source system like MATLAB.
It would be good if the list could be maintained in such a way that there
are not several different sources giving a different list of "supported"
systems.
Dave
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