Re: Bio-Linux
On 28/07/18 00:45, Andreas Tille wrote:
> [...]
> OK, I understood that full med-bio and med-bio-dev are to heavy for a
> live system. Just for my personal understanding: Is Bio-Linux
> targeting at live media *exclusively*?
Hi, Andreas.
Not exclusively, the "Bio-Linux" project has two objectives:
1. Povide a 'live' DVD/USB environment that can be used to learn about
bioinformatics on a modest PC/laptop with the NEBC training materials.
2. Install "Bio-Linux" permanently to the same PC, or a more powerful
server. I've installed all of my "Bio-Linux" terminal servers from the
same 'live' USB and added software not on the 'live' .iso from the
repositories that are pre-configured in "Bio-Linux".
> So we obviously need to maintain separate tasks for bio-linux. Please
> note that the blends-dev scripts are adding a prefix to every single
> task so if you create a task bio-linux-desktop the resulting metapackage
> will be named med-bio-linux-desktop. For my feeling this is a bit hard
> to read and so I'd rather go with a task desktop-bio-linux but you are
> free to decide.
I guess you would like to drop the redundant "-bio-linux" and call it
"med-bio-desktop", which is not an unreasonable suggestion because we
are actually discussing a sub-set of "med-bio" that contains most of the
packages present in "Bio-Linux" and the possibility of adding missing
packages to "med-bio". Logically, we could also create "med-bio-server"
so that some of the 'server' side of "Bio-Linux" can be removed from the
'live' desktop: A typical install would then be server + desktop.
> I'd also see an option to maintain a separate set of metapackages. The
> Debian Med team could create another source package called bio-linux.
> There you create a task desktop (may be more) and than the resulting
> metapackage will be named bio-linux-desktop. You are free to define
> more tasks that will all get the bio-linux prefix in the metapackage
> names. I have not thought longish about this but for the moment I do
> not see much extra effort in this. So feel free to decide what might be
> your prefered option.
I really appreciate the help and support of the Debian-Med team and I
think it would be very good idea to create a new source package called
"bio-linux" if you are all willing to help? Steffen also mentioned in
Barcelona, that a 'live' distro using packages from the Debian-Med team
would help to raise the profile of the Debian-Med
>>> So lets discuss this all on the mailing list not wasting input of others
>>> (including Tony's) which have a valuable opinion (specifically since I'm
>>> not a user and thus I'm probably bad in guessing what users really need.
>>
>> I'll be driving to Milan next week, so I might not reply to emails for a
>> few days - Please do move our conversation over to the Debian-Med list.
>
> Done and have a safe trip
Thanks, I arrived safely in Milan with eleven servers, a 19" rack in a
flat-pack and a huge pile of other kit last night :-)
I'll be working here in Milan until Fri 10 Aug, then I'll be driving
back home on holiday through France with very infrequent access to the
Internet until 11 Sep.
Bye,
Tony.
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