Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 02/08/12 16:13, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > On 2012-02-08 18:40, Jean-Pierre Flori wrote: >> In some packages, we already have some "dependencies" section. >> I guess this could be used (or put somewhere else in the spkg) and >> then used by Sage (and not the spkg-install script itself, just as >> w

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2012-02-08 18:40, Jean-Pierre Flori wrote: > In some packages, we already have some "dependencies" section. > I guess this could be used (or put somewhere else in the spkg) and > then used by Sage (and not the spkg-install script itself, just as > what is done with SAGE_CHECK variable and spgk-c

[sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Jean-Pierre Flori
In some packages, we already have some "dependencies" section. I guess this could be used (or put somewhere else in the spkg) and then used by Sage (and not the spkg-install script itself, just as what is done with SAGE_CHECK variable and spgk-check script) to check for dependencies. On 8 fév, 18:

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread William Stein
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Julien Puydt wrote: > Le mercredi 08 février, Jeroen Demeyer a écrit: >> On 2012-02-08 04:23, Julien Puydt wrote: >> > Le 8/2/2012, Keshav Kini a écrit : >> > >> >> Upstream configure scripts tend to check for dependencies by just >> >> testing if it can use them.

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2012-02-08 04:47, Julien Puydt wrote: > No, you don't have spkg/standard/deps for this, as spkg/standard/deps > is for *mandatory* packages, and the discussion was about *optional* > packages ;-) Maybe the best solution then is to add logic to install optional packages to spkg/standard/deps? -

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Julien Puydt
Le mercredi 08 février, Jeroen Demeyer a écrit: > On 2012-02-08 04:23, Julien Puydt wrote: > > Le 8/2/2012, Keshav Kini a écrit : > > > >> Upstream configure scripts tend to check for dependencies by just > >> testing if it can use them. I guess what is meant here is that > >> spkg-install could

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2012-02-08 04:23, Julien Puydt wrote: > Le 8/2/2012, Keshav Kini a écrit : > >> Upstream configure scripts tend to check for dependencies by just >> testing if it can use them. I guess what is meant here is that >> spkg-install could check whether certain SPKGs had been installed >> into the S

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Julien Puydt
Le 8/2/2012, Keshav Kini a écrit : > Upstream configure scripts tend to check for dependencies by just > testing if it can use them. I guess what is meant here is that > spkg-install could check whether certain SPKGs had been installed > into the Sage installation. Also, upstream might not be awa

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2012-02-08 01:29, John H Palmieri wrote: > > > On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 3:06:14 PM UTC-8, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > I came across the following in the Sage Developer guide: > >- If your package depends on another package, say boehmgc, then you > should check that thi

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Keshav Kini
BTW I would also point out that all these dependency problems are basically solved in Burcin's `lmonade` repackaging of Sage, in case anyone reading this is not aware of that excellent project. .. lmonade_: http://www.lmona.de/ -Keshav Join us in #sagemath on irc.freenode.net ! -- To po

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2012-02-08 12:22, Keshav Kini wrote: > Upstream configure scripts tend to check for dependencies by just > testing if it can use them. I guess what is meant here is that > spkg-install could check whether certain SPKGs had been installed into > the Sage installation. The upstream configure scri

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Keshav Kini
Upstream configure scripts tend to check for dependencies by just testing if it can use them. I guess what is meant here is that spkg-install could check whether certain SPKGs had been installed into the Sage installation. Also, upstream might not be aware of certain dependencies it might gain b

Re: [sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-08 Thread Julien Puydt
Le 7/2/2012, John H Palmieri a écrit : > This is relevant for optional packages, so maybe it should say: > > If your package depends on an optional package, say ..., then you > should > > As Dima points out, Simon King's group cohomology package does > something like this. > > Is the 'de

[sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-07 Thread John H Palmieri
On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 3:06:14 PM UTC-8, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > I came across the following in the Sage Developer guide: > >- If your package depends on another package, say boehmgc, then you > should check that this other package has been installed. Your > ``spkg-install``

[sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-07 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:06:14 AM UTC+8, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > > I came across the following in the Sage Developer guide: > >- If your package depends on another package, say boehmgc, then you > should check that this other package has been installed. Your > ``spkg-install

[sage-devel] Re: spkg dependency checking

2012-02-07 Thread Volker Braun
As the PPL packager I'm fine with this ;-) -- 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:/