--- Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | in some sense, yes. the SVN branch is a place where such "wild" > | ideas (such as axiom without latex) can be explored. > > You have also to realize that it is good to provide people way to > test wild ideas and provide incentive to people. Can you give me any > reason why people would spend their valuable time Axiom-without-latex > when it is for from the outset that it is wasted time?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't this be simply addressed by having a ./configure --nobuild-latex option in the build improvements branch, with the reasonable expectation that this option becomes "mainstream" when the build-improvements branch does? The default can be to build the LaTeX files, but a quick check for functionality outside of the latex system can also be done for those who aren't testing the latex build ability at that time. I understand the desire to make literate programming part of the process and I agree with that goal, but in cases like the sourceforge compile farm I can certainly see checking the non-latex parts of the build on those platforms. We aren't in the business (so far as I know) of testing latex functionality on different platforms - we assume if people want latex built they have latex available, just like gcl assumes a working gcc available. If people don't have latex available and can't install it, then I can see a minimalist build option. Editing the files in pamphlet style doesn't mean you need to check that the latex part works then and there - if the code part and the notangle part work there then latex can be debugged later on a machine/platform where it does exist. In the very long term, something like an improved cl-typesetting might enable us to actually remove the need for a working TeX installation as a requirement for creating the literate files, but since we can't currently provide our own solution and a serious LaTeX installation is sometimes a lot to assume I would favor making the LaTeX build a configure time option. The default should still be to build it, but I would support giving the user the choice to disable it because there are circumstances (the SF compile farm being a good example) where there is a valid reason not to use it. Cheers, CY __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer