[Debian-science-sagemath] cysignals vs pari [WAS: pari-sage or pari ?]

[Jerome BENOIT]

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Thanks for the prompt reply.

On 21/08/16 13:54, Jeroen Demeyer wrote:
> On 2016-08-21 14:36, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>> I have just checked the configure.ac as distributed in the upstream
>> source ball and as currently available in the github repository:
>> PARI does NOT look to be optional.
> 
> It is supposed to be optional. If it's not optional, that's a bug in
> cysignals.

Is a pull request welcome ?

> 
>> Assuming that an option can be introduced, does it make sense to
>> provide a Debian package without PARI support and with PARI support
>> ?
> 
> I have no idea about Debian. Something like a Gentoo USE flag would
> make sense. At least it should be impossible to install both versions
> together, that could lead to conflicts.

Avoided collisions are numerous in Debian.
Would appending prefix here and there be doable and acceptable by the upstream team ?

Thanks,
Jerome G.

> 
> Jeroen.
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