This page aims at moving forward in the decision not to rely on old-style packaging system (therefore cleaning up all the Sage code that deals with that). See http://files.sagemath.org/spkg/index.html for the packages.
Packages that still require a decision
optional packages that still need to be classified
Here is the list of old-style optional packages for which it is not clear what to do (ignore, new-style repackage), they must eventually get moved to one of the classified lists.
- extra_docs
- java3d
- nzmath
- pycryptoplus
- pyx
- sip (also experimental)
unclassified experimental packages
Here is the list of old-style expermiental packages for which it is not clear whether they can be forgotten.
Since most of those packages are broken anyway, do not move them into some "please repackage me" section (unless you know how to let this happen and open a ticket for that).
- asymptote
- cadabra
- clapack
- dvipng
- gnofract4d
- gnuplot
- graphviz
- openopt
- phcpack
- polymake
- qasm2circ
- quantlib, quantlib_swig
- reallib3
- sandpile
- semigroupe
- simpqs
- superlu
unclassified non-mathematical packages
Here are non-mathematical packages that are not directly related to Sage.
- optional
- gdbm
- knoboo
- experimental
- bison
- clisp
- ets
- flex
- libcprops
- libjpeg
- libsigsegv
- modglue
- mpich2
- pcre
- processing
- pygame
- pygtk
- pyqt
- pyrexembed
- QScintilla2
- soya
- soya_cvs
- wxPython
- vtk_meta
- yafray
- yassl
Classified packages
packages that need to be new-style packaged
Put here the old-style packages from above that are interesting from the Sage perspective, do not put useless stuff here, only those you think are useful.
Packages that have a Sage interface, so these are likely of interest:
- cunningham_tables
- database_kohel (partially superseded by PARI: precisely those parts that are interfaced by Sage can now be computed by PARI)
- ginv
- kash3
- macaulay2
- phc
- polytopes_db_4d
packages appearing in Sage documentation
Here is the list of old-style packages which are documented somewhere in Sage as being Sage packages (this is orthogonal to there being a proper Sage interface). If we stop supporting these packages, we should adjust the documentation.
- surf (package for Singular)
These appear only in the Numerical Computing tutorial, see also #19198:
- mayavi
- openmpi
python-2.5.1-framework #3924
- PyVTK
- scitools++
- VTK (archived package!)
Superseded packages
Here are packages for which we found another way, hence can be removed.
- gd # renamed to libgd
- gdmodule # no longer needed
- genus2reduction # superseded by PARI
- gnuplotpy # we have our own interface
- qhull # we already have two copies coming from the standard packages matplotlib and scipy
- numarray # numpy
- numeric # numpy
- pil # replaced by pillow
- pygsl # we have our own interface
- lrs # there is now lrslib
Superseded packages with no replacement yet
This is installable via pip, but it is also outdated:
pynifti (superseded by NiBabel pip-installable package)
Already migrated to new style
Here are the packages that are already migrated new-style
- 4ti2
- arb
- atlas
- autotools
- backports_ssl_match_hostname
beautifulsoup #19187
- benzene
biopython #19187
- bliss
- boehm_gc
- boost_cropped
brian #19187
- buckygen
- bzip2
- cbc
- ccache
- cddlib
- cephes
- certifi
- cliquer
- cmake
- combinatorial_designs
- compilerwrapper
- configure
- conway_polynomials
coxeter3 #19178
- cryptominisat
- csdp
- cvxopt
- cython
- d3js
- database_cremona_ellcurve
- database_gap
database_jones_numfield #19174
database_mutation_class (new name of cluster_seed) #19177
- database_odlyzko_zeta
- database_pari
- database_stein_watkins
- database_stein_watkins_mini
- database_symbolic_data
- dateutil
- docutils
- dot2tex
- ecl
- eclib
- ecm
- elliptic_curves
- fflas_ffpack
- flint
- flintqs
- freetype
- fricas
- gambit
- gap
- gap_packages
- gcc
- gdb
- gf2x
- gfan
- giac
- giacpy
- git
- git_trac
- givaro
- glpk
- gmp
- graphs
- gsl
guppy #19187
- iconv
- iml
- ipython
- jinja2
- jmol
- jsonschema
- latte_int
- lcalc
- libfplll
- libgap
- libgd
- libogg
- libpng
- libtheora
- lidia
lie #19176
- linbox
- lrcalc
- lrslib
- m4ri
- m4rie
- markupsafe
- mathjax
- matplotlib
- maxima
- mcqd
meataxe #12103
mercurial #19187
- mistune
- modular_decomposition
- mpc
- mpfi
- mpfr
mpi4py #19187
- mpir
- mpmath
- nauty
- ncurses
- networkx
- normaliz
- nose
- ntl
- numpy
- openssl
ore_algebra #19175
- palp
- pari
- pari_galdata
- pari_seadata_small
- patch
- patchbot
- pexpect
- pillow
- pip
- pkgconf
- pkgconfig
- planarity
- plantri
- polybori
- polytopes_db
- ppl
pybtex #19187
- pycrypto
- pygments
- pynac
pyopenssl #19187
- pyparsing
- python2
- python3
- pyzmq
saclib and qepcad #10224
- r
- ratpoints
- readline
- rpy2
- rubiks
- rw
- sage_mode
- sagenb
- sagetex
- scipy
- scons
- setuptools
- singular
- six
- sphinx
sqlalchemy #19187
- sqlite
- symmetrica
- sympow
- sympy
- tachyon
- termcap
- threejs
- tides
- topcom
- tornado
trac #19187
- valgrind
- zeromq
- zlib
- zn_poly