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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