Re: Scientific software packaging
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Yngve Inntjore Levinsen
<yngve.inntjore.levinsen@cern.ch> wrote:
> Tirsdag 31 mai 2011 18.35.32 skrev Yngve Inntjore Levinsen :
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>> Mandag 23 mai 2011 18.08.32 skrev Steffen Möller :
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>> > Hello Yngve,
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>> >
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>> > On 05/23/2011 04:42 PM, Yngve Inntjore Levinsen wrote:
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>> > > On Monday 23 May 2011 14.19.44 Steffen Möller wrote:
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>> > >> Hello,
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>> > >>
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>> > >> On 05/23/2011 01:30 PM, Yngve Inntjore Levinsen wrote:
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>> > >>> On Monday 23 May 2011 12.29.15 Gürkan Sengün wrote:
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>> > >>>> That sounds fantastic, do you already have ready packages that I
>> > >>>> could test?
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>> > >>> You can test the ROOT packages which we distribute from CERN
>> > >>> (unofficially) here:
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>> > >>>
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>> > >>> http://cern.ch/lcg-heppkg/debian/
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>> > >>>
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>> > >>> I assume Lifeng have used similar packaging scripts (and his efforts
>> > >>> to get them into proper Debian channels are highly appreciated!).
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>> > >> I just read through those pages. You mention source and binary
>> > >> packages,
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>> > >> packaging for sid,
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>> > >> explained backports, reprepro, reads all very nice.
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>> > >>
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>> > >> Have you considered sharing your 'debian' folders with the Debian
>> > >> science
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>> > >> repository? There is no need to upload all the program code. And you
>> > >> do not
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>> > >> even need to have anything ready to be uploaded. This way you would
>> > >> share
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>> > >> you insights on how to compile on the various platforms through
>> > >> sharing the
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>> > >> build instructions. This should also allow to work with Lifeng
>> > >> together
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>> > >> on those
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>> > >> packages and everyone would feel exceptionally well about those, even
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>> > >> though your support would remain not to be official. You can e.g. use
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>> > >> README.Debian for a disclaimer.
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>> > >>
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>> > >> Best regards,
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>> > >>
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>> > >> Steffen
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>> > > Hi Steffen,
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>> > >
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>> > > I did not start this project, Axel Naumann and Kevin B. McCarty did.
>> > > Since Kevin left the game I took over the Geant4 packaging (according to
>> > > best efforts of course, I cannot give guarantees on the quality of my
>> > > packaging from my level of expertise).
We plan we my labs to port and maintain cernlib. We will publish it
under opencernlib at sourceforge. If you need it probe me.
Bastien
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