On 2015-02-06 09:56, Anders Logg wrote:
Hi again,
Yes, having the Conda package installations on the web page would be
great.
I must admit I don't understand how Conda works - should it be viewed
as binary packaging, as a virtualization thing, or something in
between? Where does it fit into the installation instructions? Think
about it and suggest a patch / pull request for the web page repository.
Hello,
Non-disclaimer: Continuum doesn't pay me a penny for this :)
If you want a brief explanation from a non-expert, you can view conda as
an open source package manager in the same vein as pip with three key
differences:
* It downloads binary packages in all platforms
* It is built around environments, which are first-class citizens and
way more powerful than virtualenvs
* It is language-agnostic - you can use it to install things like boost
or vtk too
And plus it provides tools to build conda binaries yourself
(conda-build), which is what I did with FEniCS.
It is a child of Travis Oliphant himself (of NumPy and SciPy fame) and
it has saved me tons of frustration in the last year, mainly because the
days of utter pain with scientific Python in Windows are long gone.
I will make a pull request next week, or in two weeks at most.
Regards,
Juan Luis
We should also get the fenics-virtual efforts on the web page. Are
they ready to be included? Garth? Jack? Lizao?
For all these options to install, we should think about the level of
commitment we want to give for support. For the binary packages
(Debian, Ubuntu, Mac), we have Johannes, for fenics-install.sh, we
have Johannes + the implicit support through HashDist/HashStack.
--
Anders
Sat Jan 31 2015 at 12:45:24 PM skrev Juan Luis Cano
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
Hello,
I missed this email because I was not subscribed to the list until
recently.
I am very interested in contributing installation instructions to the
FEniCS web for the conda packages. Do I have to sign the contributor
agreement first?
Regards,
Juan Luis Cano
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