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May I ask somebody to volunteer to finish the initial creation of the
package, so it can be uploaded?
It has been developed/tested on Debian since 2010 so the process should
be smooth.
Packaging efforts for other distros are underway and probably can be
helpful for Debian [1].
Thank you,
Zeev
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In short about the library:
It is an OpenCL-based multiphysics simulation software that can be
deployed (besides CPU) on different massively parallel architectures
like GPUs, FPGAs, DSPs etc. and covers a variety of physical and
chemical phenomena. It can be utilized in a number of fields:
- CFD: http://asl.org.il/benchmarks/multicomponent_flow/
- image-guided surgery: http://avtechscientific.com/cryovision
- crystal growth:
https://github.com/AvtechScientific/ASL/blob/master/examples/levelSet/levelSetFacetedGrowth.cc
- virtual sensing (i.a. medical): http://avtechscientific.com/brainshift
- R&D of biomed devices (i.a. microfluidics):
http://avtechscientific.com/focus
- etc., etc..
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[1]:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libasl/
https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/lupinix/ASL/
https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:ealin:physics/ASL
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I am fairly experienced with packaging CMake-based projects and could
give you a hand on that.
Since the project follows a Git workflow (master branch + tagged
release), it would make sense to adopt a Git approach for the packaging
repository rather than the more conventional import-from-source-tarball
approach that the d-science policy only advocates.
I can see from your original work that you are not quite there yet with
the packaging content, which is what Andreas mentioned in his reply. I
am afraid that the "New maintainers guide" is a mandatory stop, should
you intend to maintain this package long term in Debian. I can only give
you a lift for the initial effort.
Best regards,
Ghislain
Hi Ghislain,
initial effort, i.e. initial package creation is exactly what is needed
- Anton will take over the upload and the maintenance (at least in the
short term).
It was not my intention to maintain ASL in Debian - I take care of it
upstream (I'm one of the developers). I wanted to do my best to initiate
the process. I hope that there will be more people interested in
maintaining the package once it actually enters Debian and Ubuntu (btw.
is there a chance it will get into the Ubuntu 15.10?) and the community
starts to grow.
Thank you very much!
Zeev