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Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX
From: |
Gabriel Dos Reis |
Subject: |
Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX |
Date: |
Sat, 2 Sep 2006 14:39:28 -0500 (CDT) |
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, Alfredo Portes wrote:
| Gaby,
|
| I knew this part was going to be taken in another context, and by no means
| I tried to underestimate the work you are doing. Plus, I do recall your
| email
| explaining that you did not want waste time testing on systems, when you
| could focus on your research or teaching.
I think you misread what I said. I do not want to waste my time
"fixing" build environments -- I for sure know how to find my way
through, I just don't believe it is a good use of my time. Fixing
Axiom is already a full-time job. I *do want to do the testing* -- or
accept help from others to do the testing. Testing is important.
[...]
| I guess your point with this assignment is to show me how difficult it is.
Not really. I just do not buy the stance "it is not difficult to
install X Y tool on systems, _therefore_ people should do it and by the
way we are not going to make it easy for people to contribute the
little they can."
| By no
| means I wanted to say this was trivial. But if that helps with the great
| work you are
| doing, I would be more than glad. But I am curious, couldn't be latex be
| avoided for
| testing purposes, and then have it as a requirement later on??? (do latex
| to build the
| documentation).
That is essentially what I have been saying since the begining. We
are not in the business of testing latex on all pltaforms. We are
primarily interested in testing Axiom. Consequently, I believe we
should make it possible to allow people to test Axiom on system
lacking latex. I don't see how that harms Axiom.
-- Gaby
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, (continued)
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Alfredo Portes, 2006/09/02
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/09/02
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Raymond E. Rogers, 2006/09/02
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Alfredo Portes, 2006/09/02
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Raymond E. Rogers, 2006/09/02
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/09/02
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Alfredo Portes, 2006/09/02
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX,
Gabriel Dos Reis <=
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Ralf Hemmecke, 2006/09/02
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/09/02
- [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/09/01
- [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/09/01
- [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, root, 2006/09/01
- [Axiom-developer] Re: Requiring LaTeX, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/09/01
- [Axiom-developer] cross-compiling Axiom, Bill Page, 2006/09/03
- [Axiom-developer] Re: cross-compiling Axiom, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/09/03
- [Axiom-developer] RE: cross-compiling Axiom, Bill Page, 2006/09/03
- [Axiom-developer] RE: cross-compiling Axiom, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2006/09/03