Here's a quick overview on the discussions on this topic since 2021. (I collected most of this recently in the Issue description of https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/32532).
- sage-devel: proposal - remove gcc, gfortran, python building/spkgs <https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/cSsAsPuVnxg/m/yVSGUFi7BQAJ> (June 2021) - Resulted in implementing configure: Change defaults to --with-system-gcc=force, defer error exits after system package info is shown #32060 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/32060> - No clear support for removing anything without replacement. - Some talk about conda, no action. - sage-devel: #32532 - removing gcc and gfortran spkgs <https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/NfUKjAaTcUg/m/JwqDd7mVAwAJ> (September 2021) - No clear support for anything. - Some talk about conda, no action. - sage-devel: Re: [sage-release] Sage 10.0.rc0 released <https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/LWKdRM2Gn-s/m/-2JCcw6ZCwAJ> (Apr 2023) (*TW*: abusive comments) - sage-devel: What was/is/will be the purpose of maintaining the Sage distribution? <https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/AvH3xq2bCfo/m/Rrr0Chp0DAAJ> (Apr 2023) - Again talk about conda - Resulted in opening PR Install some dummy and optional packages using conda-forge (micromamba) #35585 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/35585>; no reaction - sage-devel: Policy for disputed PRs: discussion <https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/rDM3WDHnJkM> (Nov 2023). - CI Linux: Replace use of pkill #36726 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36726> (Nov–Dec 2023) (*TW*: abusive comments) Pointers to related discussions and facts: On the git repository structure (monorepo / multirepo): https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/AaKxoNQAWMg/m/uY1rW5n0BQAJ (October 2021), https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36777 (December 2023). On what systems we support building Sage from source: https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/32074 What versions of Python we are supporting; including a discussion of maintenance costs: https://github.com/sagemath/sage/wiki/NEP-29:-Python-version-strategy -- 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/87c9218a-9b6b-4fb9-8f35-78624ba67054n%40googlegroups.com.
