[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] OpenMPI

[Ralph Castain]

> On Dec 27, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> -technical-board
> Steve as bcc
> Le 27/12/2015 18:27, Ralph Castain a écrit :
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> 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 on Ubuntu and Debian is quite out-of-date.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 
>> 
> The repo is here:
> http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-openmpi/openmpi/trunk/
> I don't know how familiar you are with Debian packaging but you should:
> 1) build the current version
> 2) try to understand how it works (fix some bugs for example)
> 3) update to a new version
> 

I know nothing about Debian packaging, I’m afraid - however, I have been one of the lead OMPI developers since the project’s inception 12 years ago, so I know the code quite well. I’m willing to tackle this just because our users have cited it as a “hole” in our coverage, and we’d like to see it filled.

I looked at the link you sent me, but it doesn’t provide any context to understand what I’m looking at - not even a simple explanation of what repo system is in use (git, mercurial, svn,…?). Is there some “beginners” doc for new Debian package maintainers?


> Thanks
> S
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