sagemath/sage

./configure --enable-experimental-packages --enable-download-from-upstream-url

mkoeppe opened this issue · 11 comments

A better interface to
make SAGE_SPKG="sage-spkg -y -o"

(-o, to download from upstream_url, was introduced in #26351)

CC: @dimpase @jhpalmieri

Component: build: configure

Author: Matthias Koeppe

Branch/Commit: 59ec460

Reviewer: John Palmieri

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29392

comment:1

pushing these forward to 9.2

comment:3

Need this to clean up #29403


New commits:

59ec460./configure --enable-experimental-packages --enable-download-from-upstream-url

Commit: 59ec460

Author: Matthias Koeppe

Description changed:

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 A better interface to 
-``make SAGE_SPKG="sage-spkg -y -o" ``
+`make SAGE_SPKG="sage-spkg -y -o" `
 
 (`-o`, to download from `upstream_url`, was introduced in #26351)
comment:4

Let's get this into 9.1

Reviewer: John Palmieri

comment:5

Seems to work well. The default setting for installing experimental packages is annoying, and this looks like a convenient workaround. (Annoying because the question about whether to install is often hidden by messages from installation of other packages.)

comment:6

Thanks!