Re: [Axiom-developer] A modest proposal

[Bill Page]

On 03 Jul 2007 16:01:27 -0400, Camm Maguire wrote:
> Yes, I would be happy to upload a new version.  But please be advised
> that it is not a light task.  We managed to get axiom working on all
> 12 Debian platforms, a feat which easily could take several months.
> So it would be great if there was a clear slow-moving official release
> target somewhere.

I am confident that it will be *much* easier to get working versions
Axiom based on the new build system in the build-improvements and
wh-sandbox branches. Both of these versions use an approach very
similar to the one that you used for Debian.

> Of course, it could be argued that portability to all these machines
> is not all that important, in which case we can configure the package
> accordingly.

I think the presence of an up to date version of Axiom on the Debian
platforms would be a very good thing. The wh-sandbox branch has many
critical fixes to both the algebra and to hyperdoc.

Regards,
Bill Page.