RE: [Axiom-developer] status of windows version

[Bill Page]

On February 21, 2007 2:08 PM Martin Rubey wrote:
> 
> "Bill Page" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On February 19, 2007 11:33 AM C Y wrote:
> 
> > > Bill, is that result something we could wrap up in the 
> > > NSIS installer and push out as a release?
> > > 
> > 
> > I think that's a great idea - especially if we also merge 
> > the bug fixes from wh-sandbox.
> 
> It would be great if you could package my guessing package, 
> too.

As you know, Waldek has added your integer sequence guessing
package to wh-sandbox, however wh-sandbox has not yet been
shown to build on Windows. I doubt that wh-sandbox will build
on Windows at this time since it was branched from an earlier
version of build-improvements before the Windows build was
possible. There are changes needed specifically to avoid trying
to build the components dependent on X-windows.

On the other hand wh-sandbox now uses a much better algebra
bootstrap method which makes it simpler to add new algebra which
build-improvements doesn't have yet. This might complicate things
until/when Gaby and Waldek manage to merge these two developments.
I recall the problems you had trying to add GUESS to the Axiom
Gold distribution.

> It is quite annoying needing access to somebody's computer
> just to have it installed. (I succeeded, though)

Were you able to install GUESS on the Windows version of Axiom?

> 
> Another thing: is Aldor working with wh-sandbox / build-
> improvements?

Aldor, oh Aldor, will you ever be free?

Aldor does work with build-improvemnts. (That is what we are
currently using on the Axiom Wiki server.) I am not sure about
wh-sandbox (because of the change in bootstrap method) but I
believe that it should be quite easy to install Aldor on that
version too since basically, Aldor support is just added on
top.

> 
> It is quite possible that I will have a chance to present 
> Ralf's and my work at the "Seminaire Lotharingien" end of
> march. Would be nice to have cd's as giveaways...
> 

Do you mean something like the Doyen LiveCD? Perhaps we need
to encourage Alfredo to produce a new version...

Regards,
Bill Page.