On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> wrote:
On 08/02/13 14:14, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
So I'm checking out python-sympy for some calculations in the Robotics subject I teach and realized that a bug was recently fixed in git which is crucial to what I hope to use it for. python-sympy-git in the AUR and that's settled.
Then I got to wondering, I only really want to use the -git version till the next release, but since python-sympy is no longer installed (conflicts) I wouldn't automatically get it unless I check every once in a while if version is > 0.7.2.
I figured installing a blank package with nothing in package() named python-sympy and with version 0.7.2 would allow me to get notified when python-sympy-0.7.3 or later gets in the repos. Is this a good way of doing it, or are there better ways?
The other option is to use ABS to build the current python-sympy with the patch you need. Or you could even file a bug report to get that done officially (if the bug is bad enough).
Allan
Nah its nowhere near bad enough, some would call it an enhancement (trigonometric simplification now supports a few more identities, including one that's very common in my application). I thought about this but its more work on my end. Gaetan's suggestion appeals to the lazy ass in me =)