On 2016-02-13 19:56, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Feb 2016, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > > https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/lscdatagrid/doc/reference-platform.html > > > > The Ganglia graph (top right corner of the page) appears to be generated > > > on a Debian host using the official packages (it has ganglia-webfrontend > > > in the URL) > > > > Drill down into the Ganglia reports and we can even see things like > > > kernel package version > > > > http://silkspectre.cgca.uwm.edu/ganglia/?r=hour&cs=&ce=&m=os_release&s=by+name&c=NEMO&h=&host_regex=&max_graphs=0&tab=m&vn=&sh=1&z=small&hc=4 > > > > os_release: 3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 > > > > Please have a look at the article (BTW released under CC license): > > > https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102 > > > The article itself has one thousand of authors from 133 different > > institutes member of the LIGO and VIRGO cooperation. It is a result of > > a huge amount of work by thousands of persons in the last 15 years to > > design, build, improve, operate the instrument, but also to work on the > > theory or simulation. > > > For sure Debian has been used somewhere, just like Slackware, MS-DOS, > > HP-UX or any other system have helped at some moment. Just looking at > > one random website from one small subpart of the whole project to > > conclude about the Debian implication in the whole project just doesn't > > make sense. It is just like deducing that pelican helps the Debian > > project because it is used on the Debian blog. > > FWIW that link > https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/lscdatagrid/doc/reference-platform.html > at least now has already explicit listing > > Reference Operating Systems > > Scientific Linux 6.1 > Debian 6.0 Squeeze > CentOS 5.3 (to be deprecated) > Debian 5.0, Lenny (to be deprecated) > > So I guess Debian was of some notable help, and I am really glad that our work > at least tiny bit contributed to this event. But that is it. Somewhat > twisting while overall agreeing with the point of Aurelien's reply -- > Debian was probably used somewhere along the way of any recent sizeable > research endeavor simply because it is used in so many scenarios and places. Look at the acknowledgment section, especially the computing resources part: | The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the NSF, STFC, MPS, | INFN, CNRS and the State of Niedersachsen, Germany, for provision of | computational resources. Therefore one should look at much more than the above website to even get an idea about the Debian place in this project. Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B aurelien@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net
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