>>> I also noticed that the valgrind package is old; In particular it doesn't >>> even compile on Fedora 14. But then its such a commonly-used tool that its >>> already on every machine that is used for software development. The fact >>> that nobody every complained about the outdated valgrind spkg should >>> probably be taken as a sign that nobody needs it. >>> >> In that case is there an argument for not having the package at all - i.e. >> simply remove it as an optional package? > > I use that Valgrind package all the time. It works for me, so I don't > complain. You're saying that's a good reason to make it unavailable > for me to use??? > > By the way, I've seen Ivan's work on #7766 and I'm going to review > that ticket soon if someone doesn't beat me to it. It looks very > good-- e.g., it includes better suppression files specific to Sage.
Excellent. There are still many suppressions that could be created, and some of those that I created are probably masking real bugs, but I figure it's a start at least. -Ivan -- 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
