> And now one big question. If we are going to adopt
> this nice style then the whole Maxima manual need
> a major rewrite. Are we going to do this? When?
> I think than such a big work should be scheduled
> to some release but probably not 5.9.2.
I was wondering about the same thing. Personally, I think that given our
limited resources, we should concentrate on making the documentation
accurate and up-to-date. That should take precedence over any formatting
changes/rewrites.
A similar principle should also apply to the code itself: features are nice,
but first and foremost, I think we should make sure that no code should
produce a mathematically incorrect result, even if it fails to produce the
"desired" result (i.e., it's better to not simplify an expression than to
simplify it incorrectly.) I believe this attitude is essential if Maxima is
intended to be used as a serious research tool.
Viktor