2011/3/9 Paulo César Pereira de Andrade
<paulo.cesar.pereira.de.andr...@gmail.com>:
> 2011/3/9 Harald Schilly <harald.schi...@gmail.com>:
>
>  I understand that this kind of post, besides attempting to state it is a
> friendly one, could cause more harm than good. The TV show probably
> would have a small specialized audience :-) But the rants/discussions,
> and ego wars (not so much as in some other projects) that happens
> from time to time should be worth a watch.
>
>> exactly how did you come up with 280 points?
>
>  Not "exact" values, as I just did a quick read and add to a sum,
> but, considering sage base code and mandatory spks, the biggest
> values I considered were:
>
> Building from source
> - with your own build tool for this code [ +100 points of FAIL ]
>  (( spk-* shell scripts ))
>
> Bundling
> - Your source only comes with other code projects that it depends on [
> +20 points of FAIL ]
> - If your source code cannot be built without first building the
> bundled code bits [ +10 points of FAIL ]
> - If you have modified those other bundled code bits [ +40 points of FAIL ]
>
> Libraries
> - Your source does not try to use system libraries if present [ +20
> points of FAIL ]
>
>  But I did not account:
> Releases
> - Your releases are only in an encapsulation format that you invented.
> [ +100 points of FAIL ]
>  (( spkgs ))

I'm glad I didn't read and believe that webpage in 2004, or there
would be no Sage.

 -- William

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