On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Dr. David Kirkby<david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > > According to the top level README.txt > > ---------------------------------------------- > NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED, BUT NEARLY WORKS: > PROCESSOR OPERATING SYSTEM > sparc Solaris 10 -- works fine (needs custom built gcc > toolchain) > x86_64 Solaris 10 -- must use clisp instead of ecl > ---------------------------------------------- > > I think that Solaris statement is a bit optimistic!
It was based on statements that have turned out to be false upon further investigation by us. I'm fine with changing the README.txt. > > * Sage does not build on 't2' > * It's never passed all doctests > * I've built it on my home machine, but the GUI did not work. > > I suggest changing that README.txt to having a 'README-Solaris.txt'. > > Some time ago I opened a trac ticket > > http://sagetrac.org/sage_trac/ticket/6057 > > to request a readme specifically for Solaris, as I felt more information > was needed about exactly what the status was. But that trac ticket was > closed with '(closed defect: wontfix)' Perhaps the proper place for an extended discussion of the issues with Solaris, i.e., a README-Solaris, would be on a wiki page or state webpage that you maintain? What do you think? William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
