Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:53:57 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> To: Sam Allen <samba@juno.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MAXIMA Message-ID: <35113185.41C67EA6@asme.org> References: <19980319.082224.10270.0.samba@juno.com>
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TBH, we never had a MAXIMA port working. Someone submitted patches for a very old version, but we never tested it or updated it because of the weird copyright restrictions (BTW, is there still a copyright?). You can still find the old patches on previous CD's, or I can send them to you if you find them helpful. cheers, Pedro. Sam Allen wrote: > > I understand that MAXIMA, a computer algebra system, has been pulled > from the ports collection because it wouldn't compile with the latest > release of FreeBSD. > > I specialize in computer algebra systems and would like to do what I can > to keep MAXIMA alive. I worked with FORMAC, a PL/I add-on for IBM > mainframes a few years ago and am saddened to note that now it is > completely dead. The home site for MAXIMA is supposed to be > ftp://math.utexas.edu:pub, but it hasn't been responding lately. > > I would like to work on MAXIMA, and perhaps even get it restored to > the ports collection. > > With Best Regards, > > Sam Allen > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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