updating Maxima (was Re: bug or not about plot2d([parametric, ...)

On 4/8/09, Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> wrote:

> Also, it would be nice if Maxima could search for updates and
> optionally install them. Some code (macros) couldn't be easily
> updated, but most (maybe all) the code in share could be, I think.

I think the easiest way to get that would be to bundle a cvs client
with Maxima, and put maxima/share/CVS in the installation package.
(I think allowing for updates to src is too much of a potential headache.)
Then cvs update would fetch any new files.

I'm against rolling the cvs commands into Maxima.
There exist cvs clients for all kinds of systems, so it's not
necessary to get portability. I suspect a correct implementation
of the cvs protocol would be quite involved and time-consuming.
Finally it would clutter up Maxima with a bunch of not-very-
relevant stuff.

FWIW

Robert Dodier