RFS: Folding@home
Package name : folding
Version : 4.00
Upstream : http://folding.stanford.edu
URL : http://wagon.dhs.org/folding/
Description : Folding@home Client (install package)
WNPP bug : http://bugs.debian.org/261257
Long description:
"Folding@home performs research by simulating the folding processes
of proteins, RNA and synthetic polymers. The results of the simulations
are sent to Stanford University who release them to the biochemical
community. Protien misfoldings are implicated in diseases such as
Alzheimer's, cyctic fibrosis and others. By contributing, your
computers' idle time will work towards an understanding of these
diseases.
"Folding@home is only distributed in binary form from Stanford's
official webserver. This package will download the client from Stanford
and install it on your computer. It is only available for x86."
This is an install package, intended for contrib/misc alongside packages
like setiathome which do the same thing for another project.
I spent the past 3 days cooking up a package and testing it. It appears
to work perfectly, fingers crossed. I haven't tested it exhaustively
yet, but upgrades, downgrades, installs, removals and purging all work.
I'm seeking feedback about my packaging job. Although I've made packages
for internal use, this is my first package released to the public.
Please let me know if I made any mistakes, or also if you did look at it
and couldn't find any.
In the same vein, if you are an experienced DD and decide that the
package is ready for the archive, I'd appreciate if you would sponsor it
for me.
Again, the URL to download it from is http://wagon.dhs.org/folding/
Thanks,
Nick Lewycky
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