Axiom & internal/external GCL (was: Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom cvs 040624 build error)

[David MENTRE]

Magnus Larsson <address@hidden> writes:

> Ooops, I did not know, for sure, that Axiom relied on its own GCL 2.6.
> Will it not be hard to maintain a separate GCL version for Axiom alone? Why 
> not rely on the build platfrom to supply GCL? Well, I am sure this has been 
> discussed already and I do not mind the current strategy.

This was discussed before. In short:

 - Tim prefers to have a big sources with all included dependencies in
   order to control the built system;

 - it is possible to build Axiom with an external GCL. In fact, Camm
   Maguire, lead GCL developer and debian packager of gcl, axiom, maxima
   and other software, is doing exactly that for the axiom debian
   package. I don't know however if the machinery has been included in
   current sources of Axiom.

Yours,
d.
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David MENTRE <address@hidden> -- http://www.nongnu.org/axiom/