On Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 1:35:08 PM UTC-7 Matthias Koeppe wrote: [...] SageMath makes use of hundreds of *"upstream" projects: third-party, separately maintained packages* [...] https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/H8FcZD90O0Y/m/VRIRzj1sBAAJ) [...] suggested that "*linking to dependencies should be done much more, but in a way that provides clear value to users*: - being able to better know what is in Sage, - being able to read the original upstreams docs and source code more easily, - knowing which upstreams devs to contact for *support*, to ask for features, to contribute work, and to thank, - being able to properly acknowledge what they are using." [...]
Any takers for these related tasks? - Add badges for GitHub stars of upstream projects (https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/37585) - build/pkgs/*/SPKG.rst: Explain how SageMath makes use of the package (https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/37586) - Documentation and scripts to direct bug reports to upstream or downstream projects (https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/37382) - Replace ad-hoc package installation instructions by links to SPKG page (https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/37532) -- 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/906068df-2437-4c00-b6a9-2619d6dbb2bcn%40googlegroups.com.
