Dear Sage Developers, I'm curious about the testing and installation support for the optional packages listed on the SageMath documentation page here <https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/reference/spkg/#optional-packages>.
I was wondering if anybody knows more about the extent of testing done for these packages. The documentation does not specify (as far as I can tell), and I'm interested in understanding whether these packages undergo regular testing or if they are primarily community-maintained. Such information would be incredibly helpful for users like myself who manage compute resources and strive to offer a robust environment to our users. In the past, when I was involved in Sage development, I recall that some contributors would regularly build and test all optional packages with each new release, providing feedback on any issues. This community effort was invaluable and ensured a higher degree of reliability. From my recent experience with a clean Ubuntu 24.04 install, approximately 30% of the optional packages encountered build issues, while the rest installed successfully. I'm trying to discern if this is an expected outcome due to limited testing, or if there might be some adjustments I could make to improve the installation success rate. It might be beneficial for the community if the status of testing for these packages was more transparently communicated on the documentation page. Such clarity could encourage more community members to contribute to the testing and maintenance of these packages. Thank you for your time and all the work you put into SageMath. Best regards, William http://wstein.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CACLE5GC6f9vF6-8giPdeLGgCO0jYJcgur2sC_bhZoYEqbvxaFw%40mail.gmail.com.
