3:10 a.m.
Hello all:
I am creating a Fedora spin for researchers and have previously
discussed this idea on the developers and release engineering mailing
list. However, with the hope that my spin will be officially accepted
for future releases, I am going to follow the process listed in [1].
As a first step, this email.
Background:
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I am a long-term Linux user and have been into full-time scientific
research for the past 3 years now. Everytime I have to do a
fresh-install of Linux (not so frequently, ofcourse), I have to
download a bunch of tools which I use regularly. For example, gnuplot,
xfig, LaTex compilers, numpy, etc. Say hello to Fedora-Scientific.
The idea is to create a Fedora spin based on the default "Fedora GNOME
Desktop", but having additional tools which most researchers will use.
Current State
-----------------
After discussions on the release engineering mailing list with Bill
Nottingham, I proposed a patch to the comps-f16-xml.in file [2], which
basically adds a new set of mandatory packages in the "Engineering and
Scientific" group. Considering this new "Engineering and Scientific"
group, my current kickstart file looks like [3]. I have tested it with
the rawhide repository and it looks good to me. The ISO stands at ~1.2
G
Scope and Future
-----------------------
- I have decided upon the current set of applications based on my own
experience and likings. I am obviously open to include any other
application. I should point out here that my idea is to have a generic
toolset made available. The number of tools currently available in
different domains- Physics, Chemistry, Biology is just too many.
- I haven't actively looked into applications which may not be
available in the repository and is important to a spin such as this.
Needless to say, I am going to take upon the responsibility of
packaging such software.
Conclusion
--------------
That's all for now. I shall look forward to your comments and
suggestions and if this sounds like an interesting idea, will work
towards its acceptance by the Spins SIG.
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_Process
[2]
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=comps.git;a=commitdiff;h=ebfe294e32736...
[3]
https://bitbucket.org/amitksaha/custom_linux/src/392dec59a13e/fedora-live...
Thanks!
-Amit
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4:50 p.m.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Amit Saha <droidery(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all:
I am creating a Fedora spin for researchers and have previously
discussed this idea on the developers and release engineering mailing
list. However, with the hope that my spin will be officially accepted
for future releases, I am going to follow the process listed in [1].
As a first step, this email.
1. create a page in fedora-wiki for the spin incl information on
proposed packages and things to be added
I believe you want it to make it an official spin only, but still
anything below 4.2GB will be missing too much. Also consider making an
unofficial spin ....
Best
A. Mani
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8:18 p.m.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 18:10:19 +1000,
Amit Saha <droidery(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all:
I am creating a Fedora spin for researchers and have previously
discussed this idea on the developers and release engineering mailing
list. However, with the hope that my spin will be officially accepted
for future releases, I am going to follow the process listed in [1].
Note that there are two levels of official. One is having the kickstart
file in one of the kickstart packages, the other is having an iso
published.
10:18 p.m.
Hello:
On 07/03/2011 07:50 AM, A. Mani wrote:
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Amit Saha<droidery(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I am creating a Fedora spin for researchers and have previously
> discussed this idea on the developers and release engineering mailing
> list. However, with the hope that my spin will be officially accepted
> for future releases, I am going to follow the process listed in [1].
> As a first step, this email.
1. create a page in fedora-wiki for the spin incl information on
proposed packages and things to be added
Done: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin
Shall look forward to comments/queries and suggestions.
I believe you want it to make it an official spin only, but still
anything below 4.2GB will be missing too much. Also consider making an
unofficial spin ....
As far as my current plan with the spin goes, achieving 4.2G might be a
little difficult, since I dont intend to include domain specific tools.
However, that might change with more eyeballs looking at it and
suggesting more "generic" packages. I am also in touch with the SciTech
SIG members and in the process of reviving the mailing list.
The kickstart file is already tested, and the ISO builds alright.
However, haven't been able to test it properly since the rawhide repo
seems to be quite unstable atm.
Thanks for your comments/suggestions and will look forward to further ideas.
Best,
Amit
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7:08 a.m.
On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 13:18:11 +1000,
Amit Saha <droidery(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As far as my current plan with the spin goes, achieving 4.2G might be a
little difficult, since I dont intend to include domain specific tools.
However, that might change with more eyeballs looking at it and
suggesting more "generic" packages. I am also in touch with the SciTech
SIG members and in the process of reviving the mailing list.
If the image is over 4 GiB, then it can't be saved on a FAT file system.
In the past ISOs other than the source ISOs have been limited to 4 GiB
for that reason. (Even though a DVD will hold a bit more.)
Mirror space also used to be a significant issue, but it looks like only
the KDE and (Gnome) Desktop live images are ending up on the mirrors
now. The other live images are available as torrents or from a server
that isn't mirrored (at least by the full set of mirrors).
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