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Fedora Science and Technology SIG
Mission
The purpose of the Fedora Science and Technology SIG is to improve the number and quality of packages available for scientific and technical users.
Packagers/Reviewers/People interested
- EdHill
- JasonTibbitts
- DejiAkingunola
- GerardMilmeister
- OrionPoplawski
- QuentinSpencer
- ChitleshGoorah
- Dominik Mierzejewski
- JoseMatos
- RexDieter
- PeterLemenkov
- PatriceDumas
- FabianAffolter
- SergioPascual
- Alex Lancaster
- MarekMahut
- StuartCampbell
- Kevin Kofler
- PierreYvesChibon
- ChristianIseli
- EricTanguy
- Jerry James
- NicolaSoranzo
- SantoshKumar
- Adam Huffman
- Michael Ughetto
- Jussi Lehtola
Documentation
- UsingMultipleMPIs - How to use lam and openmpi on the same system.
Packages awaiting review
- MPICH2: #171993
- PyQuante - Python Quantum Chemistry #468579
- ROOT - High energy physics data analysis package #451744
- Trilinos - Collection of packages that support parallel linear algebra computations, solution of linear, non-linear and eigen systems of equations and related capabilities. #453703
- latex2rtf - Tool to convert LaTeX documents into RTF #469569
- open64 - The Open64 compiler collection [1]
Potential Packages
- Asana Math font
- BkChem - A free chemical drawing program, a potential XDrawChem successor
- GAP - Computer algebra system - JasonTibbitts has a working and up-to-date GAP package, but it needs significant cleanup before it has a chance of passing review.
- Ideas of packages for bioinformatics base on bio-linux.
- ITK - Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit - software system to support the Visible Human Project
- SAGE Mathematica-like open source mathematics software ( SAGE packaging discussion )
- Scilab - Numerical computational package developed by INRIA and ENPC in France
Bioinformatics WishList
Available Packages
List of applications we will NOT package
- Non-commercial clauses in applications licenses render them invalid for inclusion into Fedora Package Collection. Such apps are not Free and open source software and violates Clause 6 of the OSI definition. See an example of such clause:
This software may be copied and distributed for educational, research, and not for profit purposes provided that this copyright and statement are included in all such copies. Other copyrights may also apply.
| Name | Description | Why it won't be packaged |
| VMD | Molecular Visualization and Analysis Package | Non-Free license |
| foo | bar app | patented |
Ideas/Proposals
- SAGE packaging discussion
- MPI work:
- Use environment-modules to improve the "MPI alternatives" situation -- please see the proposal at the bottom of EdHill
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