Re: recent versions
Tim Daly <[email protected]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:13:39 -0500
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Alejandro: http://daly.axiom-developer.org:/axiom-ubuntu-nov2009-bin.tgz Let me know if it works. Tim Alejandro Jakubi wrote: > I find the recent improvements in the documentation of Axiom of paramount > importance in trying to understand this complex system. In this > regards, I > have just read about the new )describe command and found it quite > interesting. > > Anyways, I have found in another of your posts a link to a Debian > binary for > the November 2009 version. I have downloaded it already but not > installed yet. > Hopefully it will work in Debian Etch. Will be there an Ubuntu binary > for this > (or latter) version? (if it were an issue of priorities, I would > prefer it to > an updated download page). > > Of course, it would be wonderful if the maintainer of the Axiom > package in > Debian and Ubuntu distributions could keep it updated, ideally in sync > with the 2-month (or whatever) period source releases. See e.g.: > > http://packages.debian.org/etch/math/axiom > > http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/math/axiom > > This package seems stuck because of bugs and other issues. > > Alejandro > > > > > > > On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Tim Daly wrote: > >> Alejandro Jakubi wrote: >>> The download page >>> (http://axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/download.html) has links >>> for downloading Axiom versions up to May 2009. Where are the more >>> recent versions? >>> >>> Regards, Alejandro Jakubi >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Axiom-mail mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-mail >>> >> I did not create them. I will put it on the list to do. >> You would be amazed how little time there is between releases >> if you do them every 2 months. >> >> The effort has been mostly removing boot and converging the >> interpreter into book volume 5. This doesn't change the user >> functionality (although I've introduced )debug and )describe). >> From my point of view the effort is continuous but I have >> committed to time-boxed Axiom releases every 2 months. >> >> There is a long thread (pre-fork) about the importance of doing >> time-boxed releases every 2 months. >> >> Tim >> >