Re: Maxima in sage is built against ecl
On 09/03/2013 10:14, Julien Puydt wrote:
> Package: maxima
> Version: 5.29.1-1
>
> The maxima used in sage is built with ecl, while the sage in debian
> isn't. That will of course be a problem to package sage ; a very simple
> fix would be to just compile maxima with ecl in debian.
>
> But of course, simple doesn't mean correct : I saw #661803 where someone
> asks for an sbcl-built maxima, so the situation is going to be a pain if
> each and everyone wants maxima built against some variant of common lisp...
>
> I don't know how to handle the situation gracefully, so I open this bug
> CCing debian-science to discuss the matter.
Usually, during the package creation workflow, you rebuild the
application against the various implementation and you provide:
maxima-implementationX
maxima-implementationY
maxima-implementationZ
It takes a X time more time to build and it is harder to maintain: paths
have to be different or packages have to conflict one against the other
(causing issues for the packages depending on this).
(example: hdf5)
My advice: see if sage can work without this.
Sylvestre
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