Hi all, Last August, I started a short discussion here regarding batch management / queue / scheduler / resource managment software for cluster computing. I already mentioned slumrm [1] and munge [2]. The conclusion then was unsatisfying -- we don't have anything in Debian. At the time, I was unaware of Gennaro Oliva's mail to debian-mentors [3] and his package snapshots.
To cut a long story short, I built two crude packages today I would like to offer for co-maintenance. Given my existing 80-some Debian packages, I really shouldn't take any more on. The crude packages will do for work, so if nobody has time or energy to pick them up ... I won't push the issue either. Because the packages deal with resources, authentication, ... they are not exactly trivial and would need some tender love and care to be done real well. They mostly autoconf fine, esp munge. Slurm needs a replacement scripts for /etc/init.d, a few contributed manual pages but nothing major. That said, I think it would be worth it. I am quite impressed with slurm. For a quick overview, see the website [1] and e.g. the recent presentation from 2006 [4] . Slurm is under active development and just released 1.2.1, it now even has a nice little gtk-based gui. [ Munge is used by slurm and is a smaller/simpler package. It already detects Debian in its init.d script and does The Right Thing. ] Gennaro: Are you still interested in working on this? I could possibly act as mentor and 'final compiler / uploader'. Anybody else working on clusters who needs a DFSG-free resource manager / scheduler? Dirk [1] http://www.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/ [2] http://home.gna.org/munge/ -- but really also from llnl.gov [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/05/msg00020.html [4] http://www.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/slurm_design.pdf -- Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something. -- Thomas A. Edison -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]