Change handling of 'sage --APP'

[jhpalmieri]

Rather than handling sage --gp, sage --singular, etc. as separate if blocks in the sage script, treat them more uniformly.

Component: scripts

Branch/Commit: u/jhpalmieri/deprecate-sage-APP @ 0ad0e4f

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29930

[jhpalmieri]

comment:1

Should we also deprecate these commands? Right now:

sage --gap ARGS

If we deprecate, is the alternative

sage --sh -c "gap ARGS"

? I think the quotes are necessary. Is this too unwieldy, or are we happy to essentially discourage people from using these commands at all?

[jhpalmieri]

Branch: u/jhpalmieri/deprecate-sage-APP

[jhpalmieri]

comment:3

Here's a branch to start the conversation.

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Last 10 new commits:

885092e	src/doc/bootstrap: Generate src/doc/en/reference/repl/options.txt
05ba86a	Merge branch 't/29884/src_doc_bootstrap__generate_src_doc_en_reference_repl_options_rst' into t/29111/specify_a_subset_of_sage_command_line_options_that_are_supported_by_sagelib___rather_than_sage_the_distribution
72c7e23	src/doc/en/reference/repl/options.rst: Replace copypasta by include of generated file options.txt
e9a883d	trac 29111: revising "sage --advanced" message.
5dca421	trac 29111: more reorganization of "sage --advanced" message
8f0ee05	trac 29111: delete sage-fix-pkg-checksums
21fc231	trac 29111: re "sage --advanced" message:
875940d	trac 29111: more tinkering. Fix doctests in tests/cmdline.py.
4a3d36e	Move 'sage -app' back to src/bin/sage
9dab957	trac 29930: change handling of 'sage --APP', and deprecate this usage.

[jhpalmieri]

Commit: 9dab957

[jhpalmieri]

comment:4

axiom is now removed at #29111.

[sagetrac-git]

Branch pushed to git repo; I updated commit sha1. This was a forced push. New commits:

3a0193c	src/bin/sage: Remove handling of 'sage -axiom'
0dca2f9	trac 29930: change handling of 'sage --APP', and deprecate this usage.

[sagetrac-git]

Changed commit from 9dab957 to 0dca2f9

[mkoeppe]

comment:6

needs rebase

[sagetrac-git]

Changed commit from 0dca2f9 to 92888fd

[sagetrac-git]

Branch pushed to git repo; I updated commit sha1. This was a forced push. New commits:

92888fd

trac 29930: change handling of 'sage --APP',

[jhpalmieri]

comment:8

Here's a new version. Not a strict rebase: the earlier version deprecated commands like sage --gap, while this one keeps them. It keeps those for standard packages, deprecates their usage for optional and experimental packages like sage --M2. It also removes sage --gdb-ipython, which looks like it's been broken for a while.

[mkoeppe]

comment:10

See #30563 regarding sage -maxima and what is necessary from the viewpoint of distributions

[mkoeppe]

comment:11

Setting new milestone based on a cursory review of ticket status, priority, and last modification date.

[sagetrac-git]

Branch pushed to git repo; I updated commit sha1. This was a forced push. New commits:

0ad0e4f

trac 29930: change handling of "sage --APP" for various apps

[sagetrac-git]

Changed commit from 92888fd to 0ad0e4f

[jhpalmieri]

comment:16

Rebased. Still don't know if this a good approach or worth spending much time on.