Hello Rikka,
On 9/16/25 06:29PM, Rikka Göring wrote:
Hello ports@,
I wanted to give some context around several new port submissions I
have pending and to outline my ongoing efforts to improve FreeBSD's
HPC (High-Performance Computing) software stack.
*Recent activity:*
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Took over maintainership of *sysutils/slurm-wlm *(*bug #288600
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=288600>*)
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Submitted new ports: *devel/py-reframe* (bug #289292
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=289292>),
*sysutils/py-clustershell* (bug #289176
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=289176>),
*devel/spack *(bug #289296
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=289296>)
*Planned/ongoing ports:*
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*devel/mpifileutils* (in progress)
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*sysutils/openpmix* (planned)
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*sysutils/prrte* (planned)
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*sysutils/flux-core* (planned)
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*sysutils/flux-shed* (planned)
These tools are widely used in Tier 1/0 HPC centers (eg. Spack for
package management, ReFrame for regression testing, OpenPMIx/PRRTE as
MPI runtime foundations, Flux as next-generation workload manager). My
current goal is to make FreeBSD a viable HPC platform by ensuring
these pieces are available and functional.
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*
*I would appreciate feedback on:*
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Wether there are other HPC-relevant software packages I should target.
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Any pitfalls or best practices to keep in mind while scaling this
effort.
*
Potential co-maintainers or testers interested in this space.
My aim is to make FreeBSD a serious option for scientific computing
and large-scale HPC environments, and I welcome any input form the
community.
I am very much looking forward to this! So, thank you! Provided I can
get the resources to test, I would be more than happy to do so and
contribute in any way I can. If you can provide port patches as you work
along, I'd be happy to give them a go. Thanks again!
Regards,
Janky Jay, III
