[Axiom-developer] SBCL and Axiom

2007-02-11 Thread C Y
Vanuxem Grégory wrote: Hello, I have uploaded a version of Axiom built on top of SBCL for Windows (32 bits). Interesting! Not being a Windows user I can't check this out directly, but it is good news. I have a couple of questions concerning how this has been accomplished, although they ma

RE: [Axiom-developer] Request for testing (Win32 users)

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Page
Greg, So far I have two problems with axiom-sbcl-win to report: 1) The )cd command does not work as expected. Here is an example with my comments marked ---> --- C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.ASUS\Desktop>set AXIOM=C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\axiom-sbcl-win C:\Documents and S

RE: [Axiom-developer] Request for testing (Win32 users)

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Page
Greg, On February 11, 2007 4:53 PM you wrote: > ... > I wrote: > > I get the following result on by Windows XP SP2 system while > > running under Cygwin, using 'wget ...' and 'tar xjvf' to > > extract the binary and setting the AXIOM variable: > > > > $ echo $AXIOM > > /home/Administrator/axiom-sb

RE: [Axiom-developer] Request for testing (Win32 users)

2007-02-11 Thread Vanuxem Grégory
> -Message d'origine- > De : Bill Page [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : dimanche 11 février 2007 22:25 > À : 'Vanuxem Grégory' > Cc : 'Axiom-Developer' > Objet : RE: [Axiom-developer] Request for testing (Win32 users) > > > Greg, > > You wrote: > > > ... > > To use it, untar/unbzip2 it

RE: [Axiom-developer] Request for testing (Win32 users)

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Page
Greg, You wrote: > ... > To use it, untar/unbzip2 it in a directory without space in its > name (full path without space). > Export the environment variable AXIOM, it must point to the > directory that contains the algebra, bin etc... directories. > > So for example: > > set AXIOM=c:\somewhere\ax

RE: [Axiom-developer] Request for testing (Win32 users)

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Page
On February 11, 2007 1:22 PM Vanuxem Grégory wrote: > > I have uploaded a version of Axiom built on top of SBCL for > Windows (32 bits). So if you are a Windows user, you already > know Axiom and you can spent some time for testing and reporting > bugs I would really be happy. Great! I am very g

Re: [Axiom-developer] new AXIOM release(s)

2007-02-11 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Alfredo Portes wrote: | Hi Gaby, | | > I propose the numbering X.Y.Z, with | > | > * X == major release number | > * Y == minor release number | > * Z == patch level release number | > | > I propose that the next version be 3.5.0, with subsequent bug fix | > releases, be

[Axiom-developer] Re: new AXIOM release(s)

2007-02-11 Thread Vadim V. Zhytnikov
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) IMHO publish release as CVS tree on SorceForge is bad practice... That's unlikely to change, at least by me. I'm only trying to maintain the source tree, not the release of binaries. I mean only source release tarball not any binaries. -- Vadim V. Zhytniko

Re: [Axiom-developer] new AXIOM release(s)

2007-02-11 Thread Alfredo Portes
Hi Gaby, I propose the numbering X.Y.Z, with * X == major release number * Y == minor release number * Z == patch level release number I propose that the next version be 3.5.0, with subsequent bug fix releases, be 3.5.x. When we merge build-improvements to trunk, I would suggest we bump

Re: [Axiom-developer] new AXIOM release(s)

2007-02-11 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] | > 2) I'd like to see some consistent version numbering scheme | | Check the mailing list archives. We've had this discussion and | several schemes were proposed, such as the usual Major.Minor.Patch | schemes. We settled on a version scheme, which is consiste

[Axiom-developer] request for testing (Win32 users)

2007-02-11 Thread daly
"Do not discuss issues related to this version on the official Axiom mailing lists unless explicitly permitted" Well, it's axiom. it's in development. this is the most likely place to discuss it. you don't need permission to discuss anything on this list (although some topics, like legal topics w

[Axiom-developer] Request for testing (Win32 users)

2007-02-11 Thread Vanuxem Grégory
Hello, I have uploaded a version of Axiom built on top of SBCL for Windows (32 bits). So if you are a Windows user, you already know Axiom and you can spent some time for testing and reporting bugs I would really be happy. Things that you have to know: * You must know Axiom, * You have an offici

[Axiom-developer] new AXIOM release(s)

2007-02-11 Thread daly
> 1) IMHO publish release as CVS tree on SorceForge is bad practice... That's unlikely to change, at least by me. I'm only trying to maintain the source tree, not the release of binaries. The sources also live at savannah.nongnu.org (CVS), axiom-developer.org (arch), and sourceforge.net (SVN), as

Re: [Axiom-developer] new AXIOM release(s)

2007-02-11 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
"Vadim V. Zhytnikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] | 1) IMHO publish release as CVS tree on SorceForge | is bad practice. To make sure whether something | have changed or I still have some old release | I have to check all hundreds of files in CVS tree. | Publishing release as a single file

Re: [Axiom-developer] new AXIOM release(s)

2007-02-11 Thread Vadim V. Zhytnikov
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: So I'm resuming my role as "Lead Developer" and will generate a new release in the near future. This is really good news! But maybe you find it possible to change the way how Axiom releases are actually released. 1) IMHO publish release as CVS tree on Sorce