Sounds good! And thanks for the summary.

--
Anders


Fri Feb 06 2015 at 2:35:28 PM skrev Juan Luis Cano <[email protected]>:

> 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]>:
>
>> 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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