On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:19:52AM -0700, Matthias Koeppe wrote: > On Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 10:26:59 AM UTC-7 Nils Bruin wrote: > > > If we're going to allow for/promote packaging as an easy way to get access > > to sage, I think we need to reevaluate how we provide optional packages as > > well. Currently, our optional packages are basically *build time* optional > > (their inclusion or exclusion can lead to changes how other modules > > operate, for instance). That means in a packaged environment, they are > > optional *for the packager*, not for the user. > > > > The old idea of providing a binary and then offering optional packages via > compilation from source was fundamentally flawed. Setting up the build > environment is the hard part, and asking the users who opted for the binary > to do so is just inviting trouble. > > Marc Culler's macOS binary packaging gets it right -- he just builds all > optional packages that happen to build without errors and includes them in > the binary package. It does not increase the overall size by much.
Why not shipping binaries with and without optional packages on the mirrors for all distros ? Ciao, Thierry > In distribution packaging (debian, conda, ...), optional packages are just > ... packages, and no specific Sage infrastructure for that is needed. In > addition, we do already have a mechanism to advise users which distribution > package they need to install with their distribution's package manager. > See > https://wiki.sagemath.org/ReleaseTours/sage-9.2#System_package_information_for_optional_packages_at_runtime > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/7c9d4b6b-b868-40cb-88c9-6a2639485b61n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/20220426182534.GA31122%40metelu.net.
