[Debian-science-sagemath] pari-sage or pari ?

[Ximin Luo]

Harald Schilly:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Jerome BENOIT <calculus at rezozer.net> wrote:
>> Is Sage a distribution ?
> 
> Hi, sorry to drop in on this as a lurker unannounced, but in my
> opinion, SageMath is definitely a distribution. It's not something
> that's used very widely, but for a narrow target of higher mathematics
> (of a certain kind) it is very useful. It setups a rather closed
> environment, where all components are tested to work well together and
> have a clear version number (that can be used in scientific
> publications). Drawback is, that all that is more like organically
> grown and detached from the "outside world". That's definitely a bad
> aspect, but hey, it still solves a lot of the tiny issues that arise,
> when you try to do computational mathematics in those areas.
> 

This reply and your definition of "distribution" are not relevant to what was being discussed. There are principles expressed in previous posts that Debian and other distros adhere themselves to, which Sage does not. You can go back and review them to understand.

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