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                                            Wilf Wilson

buildsys: should we drop libtool and simply use our own list of build rules?

No objections from me, but it's also not something I really know anything about.

CI: mismatch between gcov and compiler version for Windows builds?

Thanks for raising this issue. These are the thoughts off the top of my head: * The Action `gap-actions/setup-cygwin` could have a problem with installing inconsistent versions, meaning it needs...

Integrate `Dockerfile` (or similar) into this repository?

I think it would be a great idea to have all of the `Dockerfile`s in one repository (and combined into a small handful of files). This makes it much easier...

`ListPerm` doesn't check its arguments, can give nonsense

> perhaps we should also change `OnPoints`, `OnPairs`, `OnTuples` and `OnSets` to validate their input more. > ... > On the other hand, no serious harm is done by the...

Slow conjugacy test of subgroups in natural symmetric group

@ChrisJefferson and I have been looking into this. For a permutation group `G

Slow conjugacy test of subgroups in natural symmetric group

Yes, please do 🙂 Email would be better for me, because of its permanence.

kernel: better keep track of stdout/errout state

I think this is beyond my level of ability to help/give sensible comment, sorry. Thank you for trying to deal with this though.

Make further use of `Pluralize` in the GAP library

Thanks for the hint.

Make further use of `Pluralize` in the GAP library

Thanks for doing that @fingolfin. I was aware that Semigroups and Digraphs would be affected, primarily because of the change from "1 arguments" to "1 argument" in no method found...

Idea: add GitHub usernames to `PackageInfo.g` to `Persons` records

If I remember correctly, you gave a bit more information about your motivation at the GAP Days: Suppose that the `PackageInfo.g` file for a package contained the GitHub username of...