Re: concurrent installation of different pkg versions
On Sat, 26 Apr 2014, Russ Allbery wrote:
> And simultaneous installation of multiple versions of packages is
> simply a requirement for many research computing scenarios, usually
> because there's a lot of bespoke scientific code that accomplishes
> some specific goal but was not written to the standards one would
> expect from professional programmers, and therefore doesn't easily
> work with newer versions of libraries.
The right way to handle this for research computing scenarios is to
deploy virtual machines with specific versions.... otherwise you're
constantly battling with trying to make sure that you're actually using
the version that you think you're using.
The quality of almost every single piece of scientific code I've ever
worked with is so appalling that I'm always amazed when any of it
produces any useful results, ever. And lets not even talk about whether
the results it produces are accurate or reproducible...
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Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com
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