Alex Ghitza wrote:
> I find the current behaviour (which is fairly new) rather clear on this topic:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> | Sage Version 4.1.1.rc0, Release Date: 2009-07-29                   |
> | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information.        |
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> **********************************************************************
> *                                                                    *
> * Warning: this is a prerelease version, and it may be unstable.     *
> *                                                                    *
> **********************************************************************
> 
> 
> Best,
> Alex


Sorry, I did not notice that had been added. I know I muted the idea 
before, but it seems someone has taken it up.

Dave


> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Dr. David Kirkby<david.kir...@onetel.net> 
> wrote:
>> I think any development release should clearly state it is a development
>> release i.e. in big letters it comes up
>>
>>
>> WARNING - THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT RELEASE FOR DEVELOPERS
>> WARNING - DO NOT TRUST ANY RESULTS FROM THIS
>>
>> I don't know if we could do that automatically, based on the name of the
>> build directory. i.e. if it contains 'rc0', 'rc1', 'rc2', 'alpha0',
>> 'alpha1', then such a warning was automatically generated.
>>
>> What do people think of that idea? If its felt useful, I could create a
>> Trac ticket for it. As for how to implement it, I am less sure, as I
>> don't know enough about the build process. But it can't be rocket
>> science to come up with some solution to this. (Anyway, I would not be
>> surprised if some Sage developer was a rocket scientist!)
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 


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