[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] OpenMPI

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le 28/12/2015 04:58, Ralph Castain a écrit :
>> 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 on Ubuntu and Debian is quite out-of-date.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?
>
Hmm, I thought you had some previous experience with Debian packaging ...

It won't be easy to start with this project

debcheckout openmpi
cd openmpi-*
dpkg-buildpackage -nc -b

should be enough to build a first version of the packages.

S