- From: Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>
- To: Robert Dodier <address@hidden>
- Cc: "Andrey G. Grozin" <address@hidden>, address@hidden, address@hidden
- Subject: Re: [Maxima] TeXmacs and maxima-5.14.0
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:10:56 +0100
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:19:10PM -0700, Robert Dodier wrote:
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On 1/10/08, Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:05:46PM +0600, Andrey G. Grozin wrote:
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> > By the way, what do you all think - if we drop support of *really*
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> > ancient
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> > versions of maxima (<=5.9.2), then the scripts can be greatly
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> > simplified.
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> > This still leaves a lot of supported versions - 5.9.3 to 5.14.0. Maybe,
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> > it's time to do this?
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> [vdhoeven@alcazar src]$ maxima --version
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> Maxima 5.9.0
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> Hmm, when I will buy I need machine ;^)
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Joris, I'm sorry, but I can't tell what you mean here.
I meant, when I will buy a new machine (I must have been really tired when
answering).
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Can you please say whether you are in favor of the suggestion to
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drop support for versions of Maxima up to and including 5.9.2 ??
At the moment not, because my criterion for what is an "old version"
is whether I still use such a version on one of my machines.
I think this is a reasonable criterion for (lazy) users who install
(or get installed) what they need when buying a new computer,
but don't change their installation afterwards.
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It's up to you, but it seems like it would be beneficial to TeXmacs
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if it did not have to be modified for each new Maxima release.
Another solution might be to simply anticipate some of
the upcoming version numbers ;^)
Best wishes, Joris
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