> I propose that we make GNU patch a standard package, so that patches > > to Sage can be made in a more sensible manner than using 'cp' as now. > > (There's no point in 'patch' being optional at all, as it would be > > needed when building Sage). > > For the discussion, I believe David is referring to patches in Sage > spkgs (which currently consist of the patched file, and are "applied" > by copying them over the original source file in the spkg src directory). > > +1 for the idea of inclusion. I've wanted this for a long time.
I won't vote because I don't think I am invested enough in how to do this, though it would have made my life easier a few times. However, I do recommend that this should not be included unless it is immediately used in a few of the worst offending spkgs - otherwise it would seem sort of pointless. Also, whatever ticket adds this should (in my opinion only) be required to update the source to http://www.sagemath.org/doc/developer/producing_spkgs.html in a very explicit way. I think drkirkby implicitly has said he will be doing these things in his updates for OpenSolaris etc., so probably it's a moot point, but no one had said this yet (in this thread). - kcrisman -- To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
