Hello:
Regarding the necessary modifications to
implement full support of 0^a expressions,
would that likely occur in time for the August release of Maxima-5.22?
I ask because of my recent efforts to build RPM packages for
gcl-2.6.8pre, maxima-5.21.1plus, and wxmaxima-0.8.5 that I hope might be
accepted for inclusion into the repositories for PCLinuxOS. I've
already posted my progress with those efforts in the packagers area of
the PCLinuxOS forum,
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,74814.0.html
(you might need to be a member to access this area of the forum), and I
wait for comments from those with authority regarding how this might
turn out. Even if my efforts are not accepted, I will continue to
upgrade my personal-use versions of the above mentioned packages so I
can stay as current as possible with the math software I use so frequently.
Respectfully,
Paul Bowyer
On 05/15/2010 10:37 AM, Dieter Kaiser wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 15.05.2010, 07:39 -0700 schrieb Paul Bowyer:
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>> Dieter Kaiser:
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>> Is there a file I can download and include in my revision of Maxima that
>> will solve the problem with sum in case I need to use it for something
>> else? If there is, tell me where (and how) to get it and how to install
>> it. Would a different release of Maxima (I'm using 5.20.1) be more
>> appropriate?
>>
> The patch to the handle 0^a is part of Maxima 5.21. But this patch is
> not fully implemented, I had to reverse part of it, because we have got
> problems at other places. Therefore, Maxima 5.21 does not solve your
> problem.
> First, we have to improve other routines to handle unsimplified 0^a
> expressions. I will have again a look at this problem and try to
> implement full support of 0^a expressions.
>
> Dieter Kaiser
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