[sage-devel] Re: tutorial: en vs. fr versions

2009-09-16 Thread peterjeremy
[This is getting a bit dated but I am endeavouring to post it simply to get my work out what is wrong with my subscription] I don't think this is as impossible as some people have suggested. Since there is a fairly heavy academic involvement in Sage: Maybe an expedition to the local School of La

[sage-devel] Re: typo in patch of ticket #6396: primes_of_degree_one is broken for relative extensions

2009-08-26 Thread peterjeremy
On 2009-Aug-23 21:17:29 +0200, Christian Nassau wrote: >Rob Beezer wrote: >> On Aug 23, 4:15 am, John Cremona wrote: >>> Now gmail >>> automatically hides quoted text, replacing it by a tiny link "show >>> quoted text". >> >> [...] to toggle it on and back off again. I find the email versions

[sage-devel] Re: only use ASCII characters in patches

2009-08-05 Thread peterjeremy
On 2009-Aug-04 15:49:40 +0100, David Kirkby wrote: >I don't claim to know the most appropiate letter - it was just what it >looked like when I see it. But I would agree non-ASCII characters >should be removed - it causes many issues. I would see restricting Sage to ASCII-only as fairly limiting

[sage-devel] Re: sage installation

2009-07-10 Thread peterjeremy
On 2009-Jul-09 00:31:46 +0200, Ralf Hemmecke wrote: >likely fail with ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION errors! The following processor >flags were on the build machine but are not on this computer: > >pni ssse3 I've seen this test report not report processor flags correctly (though I'm not sure this is Sage's

[sage-devel] Re: What are *DIS*advantages of Sage compared to the 3 M's

2009-07-08 Thread peterjeremy
On 2009-Jul-06 21:03:20 -0700, William Stein wrote: >> * There is not a support line IT Services can ring up in the event of >> difficulties installing it on University systems. > >But note that there is a mailing list and irc chat room that IT >Services can get help from. > >It might also be wort

[sage-devel] Re: patch naming scheme on trac

2009-06-26 Thread peterjeremy
On 2009-Jun-24 13:56:59 -0700, Robert Miller wrote: > >> Another point to make is a video I saw recently by the SVN guys, who >> claimed that the amount of discussion which centers around a decision >> is inversely proportional to how important it is. They related a story >> where the project near

[sage-devel] Re: Ports to FreeBSD and/or NetBSD

2009-06-25 Thread peterjeremy
On 2009-Jun-24 00:56:38 +0100, "Dr. David Kirkby" wrote: >Would it not be sensible to ask around on some FreeBSD/NetBSD mailing >lists etc, and see if one could drum up enough support to start a port? I've done some work on getting Sage to work on FreeBSD but there is still a way to go. For va