bugs #1143982, #1143473 Severity: serious Is this the place to discuss these issues?
I am a user of maxima and wxmaxima, and I would like these software programs to continue running on new, clean, default debian installs. So I am trying to figure out a way to deal with debains policy of not installing gcc. == bug #1143982 == Can we make draw() part of Maxima's pre-compiled core instead of an optional package? Draw() seems like a core routine to me, not an optional package like ctensor. So do we already have or can we add a way to maxima's build system to 1) run gcl to create the c code for draw 2) compile and link this c code with gcc into the core or a shared library. -- or -- == bug #1143473 == 1) Maybe create a precompiled shared library for "preferred packages". 2) This precompiled shared library could be part of the install process for maxima or a separate install for programs using maxima (wxmaxima, cantor,etc).
