Re: GROMACS version
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:25:22PM +0200, Steffen Moeller wrote:
> Nicholas Breen wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:07:55AM +0200, Manuel Prinz wrote:
> >> However, Sylvestre already pointed you to backports.org. This is a way
> >> to deal with that: Rebuilding packages from Squeeze on Lenny. But you're
> >> lost again, as not all software is in Backports, and GROMACS is one of
> >> the packages missing.
> >
> > And since IANADD, it's a bit of a hassle for me to put backports there. I also
> > maintain backports for my own use, but until now, no one else had ever
> > expressed any interest in them; I'm happy to assist in making them more
> > generally available and continuously maintained.
>
> Whow! This is quite an effort. Many thanks!
> On http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contribute it is mentioned that
> also DDs need to request for their key to be accepted for backports.org. For
> non-DDs, the procedure seems to be that you place your package somewhere and
> then someone of the backports-team fetches it. This should then be less work
> for you than it is for regular DDs, right? :)
I am happy to sponsor backports as well. Not sure whether I submitted
my key once or not, but I should do that anyway.
Michael
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