[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] OpenMPI

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Sure, I reported this bug
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=810079
to be explicit about the status of OpenMPI.
Sorry it took that long... This is the issue with team maintained packages...

Sylvestre


Le 06/01/2016 10:11, Ralph Castain a écrit :
> Now I’m confused, so please forgive me. We haven’t heard a word from anyone else, and the pkg hasn’t been maintained for over 2 years. From what we can tell, nobody is actively attempting to maintain it, and you have stated that you are no longer interested in doing so.
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> If someone else is still interested in doing so, could they please let us know how we might assist them to respond to user’s requests for updates?
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> Thanks
> Ralph
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>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 11:34 PM, Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre at debian.org <mailto:sylvestre at debian.org>> wrote:
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>> It doesn't need to be orphaned for other to contribute. This is team managed, these people should just join the team.
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>> Sylvestre
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>> Le 05/01/2016 17:51, Ralph Castain a écrit :
>>> Hmmm…this does indeed look a bit confusing. We’ve been discussing this in the OMPI devel group, and we would appreciate it if you officially orphaned the project so someone else can pick it up. We have some people willing to pick it up, but it needs to be orphaned first.
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>>> Would you mind doing so?
>>> Ralph
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>>>> On Dec 28, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre at debian.org <mailto:sylvestre at debian.org>> wrote:
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>>>> Le 28/12/2015 04:58, Ralph Castain a écrit :
>>>>>> On Dec 27, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre at debian.org <mailto: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 <<mailto:sylvestre at debian.org>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
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>>>> should be enough to build a first version of the packages.
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