Re: Debconf10: Batch Queuing Systems BoF -- revisited

[gennaro.oliva@cnr.it]

HI Michael,

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 09:49:11AM +0200, Michael Hanke wrote:
> Right now the Condor package only builds a fraction of the built-in
> functionality (although what is built is already quite comprehensive
> for
> the task of a batch queuing system). I'm working on enabling
> build-time
> testing and the kFreeBSD port needs some love. But overall it looks
> like
> we are going to have Debian wheezy ship Condor.

I have some experience with Condor, if you want I would be pleased to
help. I always desired to package Condor but, since I'm not using it
lately I have missed their license switch.

> What is the status of similar software in Debian (GridEngine, Slurm,
> ...)?

Slurm have been included in Debian since long time now: the slurm-llnl
package reached stable with lenny. I'm the maintainer.
Best regards
-- 
Gennaro Oliva