[Axiom-developer] Re: Axiom and Sage

[William Stein]

On Dec 9, 2007 10:42 AM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> Having downloaded the Sage vmware image and done a
> package-install('axiom4sage...') I find that Sage is
> not running Axiom but Fricas, which is a fork. That's
> fine but I'd appreciate it if you be specific that
> you're using Fricas, not Axiom. They are separate
> projects and I don't want the confusion that will
> occur if we're not precise in the use of the names.

OK.  If you look now at

   http://sagemath.org/packages/optional/

you'll see the package is called fricas-0.3.1.spkg so users
install it by doing

   sage -i fricas-0.3.1

The main plus of this packaging for sage is that it builds from
source quickly (in a few minutes) using precompiled clisp files.

Let me know if any other issues arise with Sage.

 -- William

> The Axiom code base and project goals are different
> from the Fricas code base and project goals. While
> we cooperate on various things they are not the same.
>
> Please use the name "Axiom"  when using Axiom in Sage
> and "Fricas" when using Fricas in Sage.
>
> Tim
>



-- 
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org