Timothy G Abbott wrote: > I've been working on packaging for Debian SAGE (http://sagemath.org), > a large free mathematics software conglomeration that is competing > with proprietary mathematical software systems such as Mathematica, > Matlab, Maple, and Magma (Debian bug #455292).
[...] > I currently have a working apt repository from which one can "apt-get > install sagemath" (some details on the repository are available at > <http://wiki.sagemath.org/DebianSAGE>) with some 26 source packages > in it that I created for the SAGE dependencies. The repository also > contains modified versions of various Debian packages with quick > workarounds for bugs #472392, #474080, #474083, #459200. That is awesome news and I applaud your seriously monumental efforts! (By the way, #459200 was closed on April 27.) > If you're interested in helping maintain SAGE and its dependencies in > Debian, you should join us on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailing list (I have no objection to eventually migrating to a > lists.debian.org list in the future, but that's what we've been using > thus far). > > Any feedback or suggestions would also be greatly appreciated. I was going to suggest setting up an Alioth project, but on closer look I see that the Sage Wiki page mentions that you don't want to use alioth just yet. Also, let me suggest that you re-send your email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- a lot of science and math folks read that list who might not read debian-devel very often. best regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://www.starplot.org/ WWW: http://people.debian.org/~kmccarty/ GPG: public key ID 4F83C751
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