RE: [Aimmath-developers] changes

[Chris S. <san...@fo...>]

Thank to Neil and Gustav who replied to this.

There are two issues here.

(1) The problem that generated the errors about too many open files have
been fixed by Ken Monks who committed an updated file into a separate
branch on CVS.   I'm not sure I understand why there is a separate branch
here.  Have I done something wrong?

(2) While I see no problem in updating our servers to Maple 7 (8 or even
9) I will send a general email to users asking if anyone *needs* us to
retain back compatibility with Maple 6.   I believe we already agreed not
to support Maple 5 in future.  Is that correct?

Chris


On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Neil Strickland wrote:

> I suspect that StringTools is indeed the problem.  You can either upgrade
> to Maple 7, or you can replace StringTools[FormatMessage](..) by
> `Util/PercentSubs`(..) in all the source files.  I will try to arrange
> for the new release of AIM to work with Maple 6, by making changes of this
> kind.
> 
> I had hoped to be working on AIM again by now, but I am writing a major new
> first year course, which is taking a lot longer than I hoped.  I'll let you
> know when I have a bit more time.
> 
> Neil
> 
> > Neil, and other developers.
> >
> > I have been trying to install the develop_2_1 branch of AIM to test the
> > new features.  I obtainted the error shown below.  I know that StringTools
> > is not available in Maple 6, but is available in Maple 7 and I presume
> > later.  Is this the source of the problem?  Do I need to upgrade to Maple
> > 7? (which I don't think will be a problem) If so, is it intended that
> > Maple 7 be required for the new release of AIM?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Chris
> >
> 
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