[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] OpenMPI

[Ralph Castain]

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> On Dec 27, 2015, at 1:55 AM, Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> Le 27/12/2015 02:05, Steve Langasek a écrit :
>> Hi Ralph,
>> 
>>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 09:59:07AM -0800, Ralph Castain wrote:
>>> 
>>> The OMPI team has been made aware that the current OMPI version available
>>> on Ubuntu and Debian is quite out-of-date.  I’m willing to update it if
>>> that would be acceptable, but would need instructions on how to do so.
>> The OpenMPI package in Ubuntu is copied unchanged from Debian.  If you
>> believe a newer version of OpenMPI should be shipped in Ubuntu, it's best to
>> speak first with the Debian maintainers; I've cc:ed them on this reply.
>> 
>> I see that a new version of OpenMPI was already requested in the Debian BTS:
>> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=753001>.  There has been
>> discussion there about the delays in updating to the new upstream version;
>> perhaps you can lend some help to the maintainers in getting this update
>> done.
> Thanks. I used to be the main maintainer of OpenMPI. But as I changed
> position,
> I stopped carrying about OpenMPI.
> However, I am still wiling to sponsor any volunteer work.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sylvestre
> 
> 

Hi Sylvestre

I'd be willing to assume the maintaining role if that would help. Either way, please point me at the appropriate instructions and I'll provide the update 

Thanks 
Ralph