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> > I'm not sure yet whether I will move to Axiom, but for my time with 
> > Maxima I renew my offer to make a digest of the mail archive.
> > (Provided that mail is more or less properly tagged) I find it VERY 
> > annoying, that sometimes I remember some issue discussed on the list 
> > and find my self spending quite some time before I find it again...
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by tagged - descriptive subjects?  I've
> often thought something like a Kernel Cousin for maxima would be
> useful.  If I'm ever really bored silly on a Friday night I might look
> into the format for KC and start going through the archives.

I don't know Kernel Cousin, what is it about?

I meant "tagged with a mark in the subject" line like

[policy] organisation, goals, visions, etc.

[install] installing issues

[user] on using maxima

[devel] on developing maxima

[doc] on documentation

Then, if I'm looking for some answer on, say, how to use arrays, how to do
matrix calculations, how to do substitution into equations, how are
variables scoped, no matter what, I'd only had to look through the digest
tagged [user]...

However, I realise that it may be difficult to draw a clear line, in 
this case I'd suggest to include both tags: [user][devel]

> > In a different vein, I offer to translate the (french) documentation
> > of sym, if there is no translation yet and if there is somebody
> > interested...
> 
> Yes!  Interested!

ok

> If you do decide to jump ship for Axiom (traitor :-P) I will be
> interested to see how you think the two compare.  I've heard Axiom has
> some nice features but has a rather significant learning curve.

Well this will take some time anyway. AND: I don't know much about AXIOM 
yet except it is strongly typed. Maybe maxima and axiom serve different 
needs? Furthermore, I don't understand the license yet, it does not seem 
to be GPL... In any case, I do not have enough time yet...

Martin