On 1 July 2010 15:26, Tim Daly <d...@axiom-developer.org> wrote: > It is officially none of my business what you decide. > However, given that developers are the only people likely > to know how to create and post a diff-Naur patch file and > developers are likely able to install tools and 'patch' is > a well-known, widely used, and standard tool ... > > does it make sense to have your own copy?
I think you may have missed the point Tim. The aim is not to expand Sage so it can be a patching tool. When a non-developer installs Sage, he/she patches a number of files in Sage, though that is not apparent to him/her. A script will do this for them. So *anyone* that builds Sage from source will be patching probably 50 or more files already. Currently that is done by using 'cp', but I'd propose instead we use 'patch'. Dave -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org