On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Simon King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Team, > > I have a question concerning the creation of an spkg, and do not find > an answer in http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/doc/prog/node46.html > > Suppose a package requires that another optional package (in my case: > the SmallGroups library in Gap) is installed. > > Is it possible, when a package is installed, that automatically the > latest version of database_gap (or is it in gap_packages?) gets > installed as well?
I think nobody every implemented a "install latest version of package foo" yet for Sage. That's been on the todo list for *years*. > If it is possible: Is it recommended? It certainly makes a lot of sense, because it is exactly what Debian, Redhat, Fink, etc., *all* do. However, David Joyner's remarks about licenses are also very relevant. A compromise could be that whenever *auto*-installling, one has to interactively agree to any non-GPLv2+ compatible license. William > > If impossible or not recommended: How is it possible to check for the > presence of database_gap and inform the user that this package needs > to be installed as well? > > Best regards, > Simon > > > > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
