Re: [open-axiom-devel] Sage/OpenAxiom Interface

[Michael A. <mic...@go...>]

Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Michael Abshoff <mic...@go...> writes:
> 
> | Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> | 
> | [I am not subsribed from this address, so feel free to forward it to
> | the list]
> 
> Thanks!

[Hopefully this email will work]

> 
> | > mabshoff <Mic...@ma...> writes:
> | >
> | >
> | Hi Gaby,
> | 
> | > |                         OpenAxiom as well as the original Axiom could
> | > | also be tested if we had an spkg - but since they don't seem to be
> | > | easily installable in parallel
> | >
> | > Hi Michael,
> | >
> | >   What specific issue do you have with OpenAxiom installation along
> | > side the other AIXOM-based systems?
> | >
> | >
> | 
> | I thought that OpenAxiom also creates a binary with the name
> | Axiom. Since Axiom, FriCAS and OpenAxiom all do that I see a problem
> | installing them in parallel.
> 
> Ah.  Since version 1.1.0 (released on February 14, 2008), OpenAxiom
> has its own name for the driver: open-axiom.  
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=87fxw1xujw.fsf%40gauss.cs.tamu.edu&forum_name=open-axiom-devel
> 
> 

Cool.

> The latest version 1.2.0 does not seem to present any regression in
> that respect.  I would be glad to help sort out any remaining
> build/installation problems you would find.

I will put together an optional spkg in the next couple days, but I am 
not aware of any problems as of yet with either build or using OpenAxiom 
from Sage. What we should probably do for the Sage<->PanAxiom interface 
is to allow setting the name of the driver binary so that it is easily 
user selectable.


> -- Gaby
> 

I kill keep you up to date on how things are going. If nothing happens 
this weeks please ping me so that I will get this done.

Cheers,

Michael