SIGs/Grid Computing

= Fedora Grid Computing SIG = The goal of the Fedora Grid Computing Special Interest group is to gather people interested in packaging grid software within Fedora.

Grid computing can mean different things to different people, it is certainly distributed computing with a security infrastructure. Relevant software can include:


 * Data management software
 * Batch Systems
 * Information Systems
 * Job Submission Systems
 * Security, authentication, authorization software
 * Messaging Software

Group Aims

 * Link to other related groups. MPI, clouds.
 * Create a yum group of grid client tools.
 * Document some of the basic setup of grid software as provided within Fedora.

Packagers/Reviewers/People

 * Mattias Ellert
 * Steve Traylen
 * Lev Shamardin
 * Lee Mitchell
 * Andrew Elwell
 * Ricardo Rocha

Communication

 * A mailing has been set up for discussion, package requests, comments: grid-computing mailing list.

Packages under Review

 * shibboleth #567131
 * globus-gram-job-manager-setup-fork #516537
 * globus-gram-job-manager-setup-condor #516538
 * globus-gram-job-manager-setup-lsf #516539
 * globus-gram-job-manager-setup-pbs #516540
 * globus-gram-job-manager-setup-sge #563822
 * nordugrid-arc-nox #530684
 * arcjobtool #599414
 * php-voms-admin #603346
 * perl-VOMS-Lite #565949, review stalled.
 * dpm-xrootd #749291
 * lcgdm-dav #749299

Package Wishlist

 * Add condor to EPEL mail thread, #569598
 * Package condor's chirp_client library #602861
 * Add voms-admin. Requires struts2 which requires myfaces-tobago which requires myfaces which requires...
 * Let's do php-voms-admin instead (see above) - same functionality, but much fewer dependencies
 * Add gridway
 * Add grifi


 * Enable python26 builds of dpm and lfc on EPEL5 #606056
 * Add cvmfs, http://cernvm.cern.ch/, work in progress cvmfs
 * Add OpenNebula, http://opennebula.org

Completed Wishlist Items

 * Add xrootdfs, has no license at all, mailed upstream. Upstream will clarify with next release. Now released as part of the xrootd package.