All tests pass on 64-bit RHEL (Opteron), and no more segfaults at exit
either.

Kiran

mabshoff wrote:
> Hello folks
>
> here we go with 3.0.alpha5. So, that happened to 3.0.alpha4? It was
> never announced in public since it was a snapshot I initially
> considered
> potentially unstable, but that didn't happen. We have closed a total
> of *221* tickets so far. This alpha should build and doctest without
> any significant problems [famous last words]. All the mysterious
> segfaults at exit should be fixed. Besides numerous fixes to padics
> and
> the notebook there were also a boat load of other fixes. The  most
> visible change to users should be the gcc 4.3 support out of the box.
> This release has been build tested on x86-64 Arch Linux. The only
> thing
> needed is to use the system's Fortran compiler by setting
> SAGE_FORTRAN
> and SAGE_FORTRAN_LIB - see the README.txt. The list of blockers has
> gotten much shorter and we should start winding things down for the
> final 3.0 release. On the list of goals we still need 64 bit OSX
> support
> which is doable and the merge of the benchmarking code. Stay tuned
> for the next alpha coming soon ;)
>
> Sources and binaries are in the usual place:
>
> http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/mabshoff/release-cycles-3.0/sage-3.0.alpha5.tar
>
> http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/mabshoff/release-cycles-3.0/sage-3.0.alpha5-sage.math-only-x86_64-Linux.tar.gz
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael
>
>
> List of blockers:
>  * #2303: bessel_I(1,1,"scipy") segfaults with gcc 4.2.3 on Linux x86
>           [nobody has been able to reproduce this so far. gcc 4.2.3
>            on x86-64 does not have this problem]
>  * #2344: python -- upgrade to version 2.5.2 [the spkg works fine,
>           but causes a segfault in integer.pyx on OSX. Getting this
>           spkg is essential for the 64 bit OSX port]
>  * #2592: NTL abort in Integers(125)[]
>  * #2877: security risk -- several constructors use eval to parse
> input
>
> Memory leaks:
>  * _fast_eval
>  * PolyBoRi
>  * latin squares
>
> Merged in alpha5:
>
> #449: Michael Abshoff: lcalc Solaris build fixes
> #848: Alex Ghitza: Using strings for infinity in GSL
> #1626: Michael Abshoff: update lcalc to 20080205, add gcc 4.3 support
> #1763: Alex Ghitza, Didier Deshommes: implement norms for matrices
> #1766: Dan Drake, Harald Schilly, Mike Hansen: enhancing latex
>        embedding with plots
> #2195: Willem Jan Palenstijn: odd Givaro-related crash in finite
> fields
> #2219: Alex Ghitza: docs for root_field should say the polynomial
> needs
>        to be irreducible
> #2347: Robert Bradshaw: better parsing for symbolics
> #2616: Didier Deshommes: Replace all matrix.submatrix() instances
> #2704: Martin Albrecht: bug in lcm(a,b) for a,b polynomials in QQ[]
>        if a is constant
> #2850: Chris Swierczewski: Docstrings and doctests for permgroup.py
> #2851: William Stein: clean binary install of sage followed by
>        "sage -br" is broken
> #2857: Didier Deshommes: numerical_approx for matrices
> #2875: William Stein: notebook -- save_session is completely broken
>        in the notebook
> #2879: John Voight: Bug fix in totallyreal_rel
> #2880: John Cremona: Special code for elliptic curve cardinality for
>        j=0 and j=1728
> #2901: William Stein: rewrite load_session and save_session to use
>        much better modern techniques (in particular merge the
> notebook
>        and non-notebook implementations)
> #2904: Didier Deshommes: sage/matrix/matrix_misc.py has no copyright
>        info
> #2905: Gary Furnish: Various speedups
> #2911: Michael Abshoff: Use "$@" instead of "$*" in sage-* local/bin
> #2912: Martin Albrecht: M4RI should be built with -O3
> #2913: William Stein: notebook -- deleting a running cell results in
>        a bug
> #2914: William Stein: integers are immutable but set_str breaks that;
>        having this function is a *major* bug.
> #2915: Mike Hansen, William Stein: bug in symbolic integration or
>        "stupid bug in the sage/maxima interface"?
> #2916: Willem Jan Palenstijn: invalid coercion between non-prime
> finite
>        fields
> #2917: William Stein: internal server error in notebook
> sage-3.0.alpha4
> #2919: Michael Abshoff: gcc 4.3: compilation issues in partitions_c.cc
> #2920: Michael Abshoff: gcc 4.3: fix rubiks.spkg build
> #2921: Michael Abshoff: gcc 4.3: Fix flintqs.spkg build
> #2923: Michael Abshoff: gcc 4.3: matplotlib build fix
> #2924: William Stein: programming guide section on style is terrible!
> #2925: Michael Abshoff: gcc 4.3: givaro-3.2.10.rc3 is broken
> #2927: Michael Abshoff: gcc 4.3: make Singular.spkg compile
> #2929: Michael Abshoff: gcc 4.3: fix gmp.spkg
> #2931: Michael Abshoff: gcc 4.3: fix linbox.spkg compilation
>
> Merged in alpha4:
>
> #1689: William Stein, Michael Abshoff: document SAGE_FORTRAN_LIB
> #1948: John Cremona, Alex Ghitza: K.factor_integer needs a name
> change,
>        since now it does much more
> #2199: Tim Abbott, Michael Abshoff: Copyright files for Debian
> packages
> #2394: Tom Boothby: Wrap Cremona's newforms class
> #2590: Jason Grout: plotting a line with no points throws a
>        nonsensical error
> #2643: Tim Abbott, Michael Abshoff: Fix Debian Sections
> #2682: Robert Bradshaw: balanced product for generators/iterators
> #2780: Alex Ghitza: factorisation over number field has wrong unit
>        part
> #2814: Carl Witty: sage-3.0-alpha1 on ppc -- new randstate code
>        doesn't work right at all
> #2822: Michael Abshoff, Michael Brickenstein, Alexander Dreyer: fix
>        Invalid read in libgroebner.so, fix memleak in BoolPolyRing
>        destructor
> #2833: Clement Pernet: Linbox build failure on OSX 10.4 intel
> #2843: Willem Jan Palenstijn, David Roe: p-adic extension segfault
> #2864: Dan Bump, Mike Hansen: Weyl groups are mplemented in
>        rootsystem.py
> #2865: Michael Abshoff: PolyBori fails to build on OSX 10.4 intel
> #2866: Yi Qiang: DSage - use tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile for unit
>        tests
> #2867: Yi Qiang: DSage - allow load_files parameter in __call__
> #2868: Dan Bump, Mike Hansen: Weight revision for fastcrystals
> #2869: Tom Boothby: Cell sizing is broken
> #2870: Gary Furnish: Various files poorly import calculus.py
> #2871: Didier Deshommes: matrix: M[range(2,-1,-1),:] returns junk
> #2874: Dan Bump: add tests for type E root system, correct some
>        misinformation in root_system.py, add Justin Walker credit
> #2876: Yi Qiang: sage/server/notebook/twist.py doctest fails when
>        dsage certificates are not present
> #2878: William Stein: notebook -- cython .c and .html links should
>        open in new links (use target="_new")
> #2882: Tom Boothby: resize cells on window resize
> #2883: Tom Boothby: notebook -- typing in safari is sluggish!
> #2885: William Stein: make a knoboo optional package
> #2887: Tom Boothby: notebook -- greatly optimize something in the
>        notebook by implementing a cached version of get_element
> #2888: Didier Deshommes: matrix slicing fails in degenerate cases
> #2889: William Stein: notebook -- huge output cells crash firefox
> #2890: William Stein: html.py --fix up documentation a little and
>        a small bug
> #2892: William Stein: notebook -- traceback shrinking/expanding
>        in the notebook is broken in an obscure case
> #2893: William Stein: notebook -- make it explicitly clear which
>        systems are optional
> #2897: David Joyner: GAP: replace guava 3.4 by new and improved
>        guava 3.4
>
> Merged in alpha3:
>
> #1761: Tom Boothby, Nick Alexander: Graphviz output for graphs
> #2242: Jason Grout: optional nauty package
> #2379: Gary Furnish, Michael Abshoff: Merge sage-ptest into
>        sage-test
> #2748: Dan Drake: Permutation constructor does not accept lists
>        of tuples
> #2802: Josh Kantor: Sage 3.0.alpha1: sage/misc/inline_fortran.py
>        doctest failure
> #2820: William Stein: notebook -- turn off the jsmath warning;
>        fix other misc polish issues and bugs resulting from #2840
> #2826: William Stein: notebook -- in safari, pressing enter after
>        showing the list of completions doesn't work. You have to
>        click
> #2834: Martin Albrecht: PyLint import cleanup for
>        sage.rings.polynomial
> #2835: Nick Alexander: primes_of_degree_one iterator for
>        NumberField_generic
> #2839: Mike Hansen: bug in conversion from symmetrica's longint
> #2840: William Stein: notebook -- remove ALL unused javascript
>        from js.py and DOCUMENT every single function
> #2842: Martin Albrecht: PyLint - unused variable cleanup for
>        sage.rings.polynomial
> #2844: Marshall Hampton: Polyhedral improvements, round 2
> #2845: Martin Albrecht: fix PolyBoRi assertion errror
> #2846: Robert Bradshaw: no need for bitset.h with new Cython
> #2847: Robert Bradshaw: more speedups to cyclotomic polynomials
> #2848: Michael Abshoff: numerical noise in sage/misc/prandom.py
>        on MacIntel OSX 10.5
> #2849: John Cremona, Alex Ghitza: Bug in elliptic curve
>        cardinality for j=0 in char. 3
> #2852: Tom Boothby: ctrl-enter broken in firefox/linux
> #2853: Dan Bump: A correction to the weight of crystal
>        elements for type A and a speedup for all types
> #2856: Martin Albrecht: PyLint unused variable cleanup for
>        sage.rings.polynomial - Part 2
> #2859: Jason Grout: arrow3d((0,0,0), (0,0,-1)) plots an *upward*
>        pointing arrow
> #2862: Michael Abshoff: Sage 3.0.alpha2: fix tex problems
> #2863: Dan Drake: Integer() does not specify that numbers
>        beginning with 0 and 0x are treated specially
>
> Merged in alpha2:
>
> #358: John Cremona: padic_height_pairing_matrix computes too
>       many heights
> #530: Martin Albrecht: leak in Matrix_integer_dense__solve_iml
>       exposed by matrix/strassen.pyx
> #2316: Yi Qiang: dsage.start_all() can leave zombie workers
>        around
> #2346: Robert Bradshaw: Sage needs a simple api for interaction
>        with other applications
> #2497: David Harvey: crash in polynomial remainder
> #2680: Craig Citro: Modular forms for Gamma1(N) have wrong Sturm
>        bound
> #2743: Jason Grout: make symbolic equalities and inequalities
>        callable
> #2745: Yi Qiang: upgrade twisted to 8.0.1
> #2772: Martin Albrecht: Update Singular to 3-0-4-2
> #2775: Martin Albrecht: multivariate factoring over some rings
>        gives incorrect results [this is a limitation of Factory,
>        so instead of returning an incorrect result throw an
>        exception]
> #2799: Didier Deshommes: matrix's __getitem__ doesn't respect
>        slice object's step attribute
> #2804: Clement Pernet: fix ssmod.py failure [linbox related]
> #2805: Emily Kirkman: Add maximal parameter to Graph genus
>        computation
> #2806: Michael Abshoff: Sage 3.0.a2: numerical noise in
>        sage/misc/prandom.py doctest
> #2807: David Harvey: line 26 of c_lib/src/interrupt.c is wrong
> #2808: Daniel Bump: G2 fundamental weights were the negative of
>        what they should be
> #2810: John Cremona: Use new generic code in
>        elliptic_curve_finite_field
> #2811: Michael Abshoff: make check is broken due to #2746
> #2812: Timothy Clemans: increase notebook.py doctests coverage
> #2813: Tom Boothby, William Stein: Add keycodes to split / join
>        cells
> #2815: David Joyner: add more coding theory to the reference
>        manua
> #2818: William Stein: notebook: document most functions in js.py
> #2819: Jason Grout: edge_style option for directed graphs
> #2823: William Stein: notebook -- safari 3.1 introspection
>        completely broken
> #2824: Craig Citro: sturm_bound incorrect for GammaH
> #2825: William Stein: notebook -- document js.py some more
> #2828: Mike Hansen, Martin Albrecht: get doctest coverage for
>        combinat/ to 100%
> #2829: Martin Albrecht: PyLint cleanup of crypto.mq.sr
> #2830: Nathan Dunfield: ace-5.0.spkg fails to install
> #2831: William Stein: speed up plotting when using floor()
> #2832: Geert Heldager Nielsen, William Stein: fix mistake in
>        tutorial
> #2836: Yi Qiang: twisted.conch.ssh deprecated functions
> #2837: Yi Qiang: use twisted-8.0.1's blockingCallFromThread
> #2838: Gary Furnish: _PyList_Extend missing
>
> Merged in alpha1:
>
> #210: John Cremona: discrete log and other generic functions
> #778: John Cremona: Finite Field __call__ doesn't accept
>       polynomials over F_p
> #1138: Steffan Reidt, Robert Bradshaw: add implementation of
>        Tonelli-Shanks to sage
> #2232: Michael Kallweit: Bug in 'digits' function for Integers
> #2525: Clement Pernet: update Linbox to 1.1.5 final upstream
>        release
> #2526: Michael Abshoff: switch charpoly mod p back to linbox as
>        default
> #2544: William Stein, Craig Citro, Robert Bradshaw: modabvar,
>        i.e. rewrite of modular abelian varieties
> #2654: Robert Bradshaw: Cyclotomic polynomials speed
> #2655: Gary Furnish: Robert Bradshaw: Cython circular cdef
>        imports, update to Cython 0.9.6.13.rc1
> #2659: John Cremona: Elliptic curve cardinality sometimes Rational
>        with bad consequences for efficiency
> #2670: Didier Deshommes: implement a matrix.find() command
> #2713: Carl Witty: sage-doctest applies backslash handling to
>        expected outputs
> #2746: Tim Abbott, Michael Abshoff: Support for writing test
>        related files in SAGE_TESTDIR
> #2751: Martin Albrecht: multivariate polynomials is_homogeneous
> #2753: Carl Witty: new "randstate" framework for a global Sage
>        random number seed
> #2764: Minh Nguyen, Mike Hansen: fix typos in documentation
> #2765: Robert Miller: bug in graph_isom, Hoffman-Singleton
>        constructor
> #2766: Jason Grout, Michael Abshoff: graph adjacency matrix
>        defaults to sparse
> #2767: Carig Citro: error in elem.matrix(F) and elem.norm(F)
>        for F == elem.parent() a number field
> #2771: Martin Albrecht: PolyBoRi doctest coverage at 54%
> #2774: Martin Albrecht: conversion from PolyBoRi to Singular
> #2776: Martin Albrecht: simplify BooleanPolynomialRing
>        constructor for enduser
> #2784: Chris Swierczewski: Doctests for rings/complex_number.pyx
> #2786: David Harvey: update zn_poly to 0.8
> #2788: David Harvey: update hypellfrob to 2.1
> #2790: Michael Abshoff: fix very annoying output of new parallel
>        doctesting
> #2791: Tim Abbott: Build symmetrica with -fPIC on Debian
> #2792: Martin Albrecht: remove workaround for non-existing
>        Cython bug
> #2793: William Stein: Bug in the sage preparser! "\"Yes,\" he
>        said."
> #2794: Martin Albrecht: PolyBoRi to Magma conversion
> #2795: Martin Albrecht: add QuotientRing -> Magma conversion
> #2797: David Harvey: fix memleaks in zn_poly
> #2798: Gary Furnish: probably easy-to-fix ptest issue
>
> Merged in alpha0:
>
> #1452: Robert Miller: Guava - in gap-4.4.10, Leon's code is
>        never compiled
> #1863: Martin Albrecht: implement f.change_ring(R) for f a
>        multivariate polynomial
> #2060: Martin Albrecht, Burin Erocal: Update PolyBoRi interface
>        and spkg to 0.3.1
> #2200: Tim Abbott: copyright documentation for various spkgs
> #2477: Robert Miller, Jason Grout: 3d plotting of graphs -- need
>        to force aspect_ratio=[1,1,1] by default
> #2620: Martin Albrecht: generator generator support for ideal
> #2641: David Joyner: GAP: replace guava 3.1 by guava 3.3
> #2651: Jason Grout, Ryan Hinton, Martin Albrecht: rewrite
>        matrix() constructor
> #2667: Ryan Hinton, Carl Witty, Mike Hansen, Robert Bradshaw:
>        transform.pyx calls matrix() with an RDF vector inside
>        of a list instead of a flat list.
> #2698: John Cremona, Alex Ghitza: Small improvements to integer
>        lcm, gcd on lists and a new xlcm function
> #2726: Tim Abbott: SAGE debian build system update
> #2729: Robert Bradshaw: tiny jmol spheres have holes
> #2735: Tim Abbott: minor eclib build system improvements
> #2738: Martin Albrecht: LaTeX description environment in docstrings
> #2742: Jason Bandlow, Dan Bump, Mike Hansen, Anne Schilling, Nicolas
>        Thiery, Justin Walker: add crystals to the main branch of Sage
> #2747: Tim Abbott: fix SAGE doctest import errors due to introdution
>        of $SAGE_TESTDIR
> #2752: Michael Kallweit:  Speedup for all_paths()
> #2756: Tim Abbott: Debianize GAP spkg
> #2757: Tim Abbott: Debianize scipy_sandbox package
> #2758: Tim Abbott: iml and linbox updates for Debian gfortran
>        transition
> #2759: Tim Abbott: SAGE debian/ directory update
> #2760: Tim Abbott: Debian amd64 fixes for NTL
> #2761: Tim Abbott: Debian amd64 fixes for tachyon
> #2762: Tim Abbott: Debian amd64 fixes for FLINT
> #2763: Tim Abbott: Debian amd64 fixes for rubiks
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