Gaby, On September 1, 2006 11:23 AM you wrote: > ... > I do believe that there out to be a mode of compiling Axiom without > having to latex the pamphlet files, because there are situations > where those latexing are pure plain waste of valuable time. >
Good. > [...] > > | > If there are problems somewhere, I'm very willing to fix them, > | > but I decline to fix the build environments. > | > > | I think "fix" is too strong a word for the SF compile farm since > | these machines serve many different purposes. > > well, when I asked for machines where I could test Axiom on, you > kindly reminded me that SF offers compile farm machines. I find > the idea great! > Then I proceeded to registered myself and test Axiom. Only to find > that Axiom build requirements are met only on linux-based platforms. > If we restrict ourselves sufficiently enough we should not have any > problem. We could even build a wonderful black-hole ghetto for > Axiom. > I don't think there is a desire to restrict where Axiom builds - this is only due to allocation of the scarce resource of people motivated to solve problems on other platforms. > Now, if I must spend valuable time to install tools on each of those > systems and watchout for my user configuration files to pick the > right binaries and whatnot, then I rather spend it on my research > and teaching. Understood. I would prefer to reduce the requirements (e.g. remove the requirement for latex). > Axiom requirements are excellent in the abstract. Its approach to > the real software world makes it a good candidate for the contest > of most frustrating open source software to contribute to. > I agree. How can we fix that? Regards, Bill page. _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer