= Packaging and Distributing SAGE =
[[days4/projects/|SAGE Days 4 Project]]

 * W Stein: Go through all the standard SAGE packages and, when possible, '''add an spkg-check''', which runs some sort of analogue of "make check" when possible.
 * N Alexander: Greatly improve testing infrastructure.
 * Introduce some form of package sanity checking to sage -upgrade, such as file size checks, CRC checks, or digital signatures [didier: done. Patch sent] .
 * D Deshommes and W Stein: Fully port SAGE to Solaris [didier: done]
 * improve SAGE's package management system. [didier: converting several packages so that they have repos (done)]
 * Mike Hansen, Yi Qiang(?): '''Bootable (Cluster) CD for SAGE/DSAGE'''.  Using BCCD ( http://bccd.cs.uni.edu/ ) as a base, create a bootable CD to allow one to easily turn in unused lab into DSAGE cluster.
 * didier deshommes: Improve support for '''SAGE on NexentaOS'''. Several packages need to be patched. [didier: done]
 * sage -optional : It would be useful to list the size of each package together with this. Also when doing sage -i optional, to tell the user about the size of the package.


''When doing sage -i a.spkg, you can find the size of each package you're downloading'':
{{{size:  0.00  MB
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/standard/README --> README
[.]
size:  0.00  MB
http://www.sagemath.org//packages/standard/sagex-20070504.spkg --> sagex-20070504.spkg
[..................................................]
size:  0.56  MB
[...]
}}}
''However for sage -optional, it would be better if the file in http://www.sagemath.org/packages/optional/list had the sizes listed.

didier
''

 * '''Versioning issues''' [didier: sent a patch]. Make {{{sage -i some_package}}} work, without specifying version numbers. See below:
 ''
   (3) Versioning issues.  If one types "sage -i foo" then the newest version
     of the foo package should be installed.  Currently one has to type the
     version number.  Fixing this is just adding something to some shell script.
''