Re: [sage-devel] Proposal: Remove GNUTLS from Sage.

2012-01-12 Thread Robert Bradshaw
It pains me a bit to say yes, but I agree with your assessment of the situation; it's needed only by the few (and the technically capable) and is a lot of weight for something that looks to always be an incomplete hack around not having OpenSSL on the system. Just make sure that it's clearly docume

Re: [sage-devel] Proposal: Remove GNUTLS from Sage.

2012-01-09 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
[X] Yes, remove them! If this is possible, that would be a very good idea. Where's the ticket, such that I can give it positive_review :-) -- 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

Re: [sage-devel] Proposal: Remove GNUTLS from Sage.

2012-01-09 Thread Michael Orlitzky
[X] Yes, remove them! On 01/09/12 11:39, William Stein wrote: > ... For people setting up a > server who will user secure=True, they *should* get a properly signed > certificate, so they are likely very sophisticated users willing to do > some extra work (incidentally, I have never once in the h

Re: [sage-devel] Proposal: Remove GNUTLS from Sage.

2012-01-09 Thread John Cremona
Question: Whenever I rebuild Sage I find I have to install openssh and the rebuild python, since otherwise mercurial does not work when pull/pushing to a remote place. (I tihnk that this is stil the case when on a machine with its own mercurial, not using Sage's mercurial, though I cannot see how

Re: [sage-devel] Proposal: Remove GNUTLS from Sage.

2012-01-09 Thread Julien Puydt
Le 09/01/2012 17:39, William Stein a écrit : Hi Sage-Devel, PROPOSAL: I propose that we remove python_gnutls, gnutls, opencdk, libgcrypt, and libgpg_error from Sage-5.0. See below for details. Removing the above 5 packages will save space, make Sage build more quickly and easily, and make

[sage-devel] Proposal: Remove GNUTLS from Sage.

2012-01-09 Thread William Stein
Hi Sage-Devel, PROPOSAL: I propose that we remove python_gnutls, gnutls, opencdk, libgcrypt, and libgpg_error from Sage-5.0. See below for details. VOTE: [ ] Yes, remove them! [ ] No, we need them. [ ] Woops -- you are confused and didn't realize that . DETAILS: The Sage no