Vadim V. Zhytnikov wrote:
> Vadim writes:
>
>> Probably MAXIMA user either wants to build it from source distribution
>> by himself/herself, or do download prepared binaries.
>> I assume if the user downloads source distribution, (as opposed to
>> downloading binaries) then this user has reasonable *nix development
>> tools working properly.
>
>
> This is not true.
I don't understand this kind of argumentation.
You mean people with LISP only will build Maxima using INSTALL.lisp
instructions?
Perfect, (its the way I do), they could download HTMLs or PDFs from the
main web site.
There are many distros (e.g. ActiveTcl) where you can download HTML
separatedly.
On the other side, the current way of packing source tarball is okay for
me, it just seems unnatural.
(what if user do not have TAR program?)
>
> This is true for the forthcoming Maxima 5.12 and Perl
> out of the game here (any version).
>
> For Maxima 5.11 you do need ActivePerl 5.8 but you
> still can not build Maxima using CVS.
what exact step requires 5.8 version?
Best regards,
Vadim.