On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 12:37, dan.stanger@ieee.org wrote:
> When pre59 is released, is a windows binary planned? I think that
> we would get much wider use if we do.
There are two issues here. I will address them separately:
1) Window binaries. I have to confess that I haven't even looked at how
to generate maxima binaries on windows. (Is the procedure even
documented? Does it require cygwin?) I definitely would like to have
windows binaries available, but we need a volunteer to produce them.
Any volunteers to produce the window binaries?
2) The release plans. The goal is to have a stable, well-documented
Maxima 6.0 that works with multiple lisp implementations. To that end,
we will have a series of development releases starting with 5.9.0. The
development series releases may not be stable enough for everyday use. I
hope that 6.0 will be distributed far and wide. I do not want to promote
the 5.9.x releases to new users, lest they be frightened away.
Best,
Jim