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= Sci-Tech Special Interest Group =
= Fedora Science and Technology SIG =


== Mission ==
== Mission ==


The purpose of the Fedora Sci-Tech SIG is to improve the number and quality of packages available for scientific and technical users.
The purpose of the Fedora Science and Technology SIG is to improve the number and quality of packages available for scientific and technical users.


 
== Members ==
== Packagers/Reviewers/People interested ==
* [[User:Amitksaha|Amit Saha]]
* [[User:amani|A. Mani]]
* [[ChitleshGoorah]]
* [[ChristianIseli]]
* [[ChristopherMeng]]
* [[DejiAkingunola]]
* [[User:Denisarnaud |Denis Arnaud]]
* [[EdHill]]
* [[EdHill]]
* [[EricTanguy]]
* [[FabianAffolter]]
* [[GerardMilmeister]]
* [[JasonTibbitts]]
* [[JasonTibbitts]]
* [[DejiAkingunola]]
* [[User:Jcatumba|Jorge Catumba]]
* [[GerardMilmeister]]
* [[JoseMatos]]
* [[MarekMahut]]
* [[MichaelUghetto|Michael Ughetto]]
* [[Manan Dey]]
* [[NicolaSoranzo]]
* [[OrionPoplawski]]
* [[OrionPoplawski]]
* [[PatriceDumas]]
* [[PeterLemenkov]]
* [[PierreYvesChibon]]
* [[QuentinSpencer]]
* [[QuentinSpencer]]
* [[ChitleshGoorah]]
* [[User:Rathann|Dominik Mierzejewski]]
* [[JoseMatos]]
* [[RexDieter]]
* [[RexDieter]]
* [[PeterLemenkov]]
* [[User:frenchrh|Roger French]]
* [[PatriceDumas]]
* [[SantoshKumar]]
* [[FabianAffolter]]
* [[SergioPascual]]
* [[SergioPascual]]
* [[User:sic|Stuart Campbell]]
* [[User:AdamHuffman|Adam Huffman]]
* [[User:Alexlan|Alex Lancaster]]
* [[User:Alexlan|Alex Lancaster]]
* [[MarekMahut]]
* [[User:codysmith|Cody Smith ]]
* [[StuartCampbell]]
* [[User:Computience|Noah Lee]]
* [[User:Dreamer|Alexander C.]]
* [[User:Jjames|Jerry James]]
* [[User:Jussilehtola| Jussi Lehtola]]
* [[User:Sebhtml|Sébastien Boisvert]]
* [[User:kkofler|Kevin Kofler]]
* [[User:kkofler|Kevin Kofler]]
* [[PierreYvesChibon]]
* [[User:mrceresa|Mario Ceresa]]
* [[ChristianIseli]]
* [[User:naves|Hector Naves]]
* [[EricTanguy]]
* [[User:Rathann|Dominik Mierzejewski]]
* [[User:Jjames|Jerry James]]
* [[User:Richardvj11|Richard Vijay]]
* [[NicolaSoranzo]]
* [[User:supercyper|Chen Lei]]
* [[SantoshKumar]]
* [[User:Vedranm|Vedran Miletić]]
* [[User:AdamHuffman|Adam Huffman]]
* [[User:ynemoy|Yaakov Nemoy]]
 
* [[User:yumas|Yumas Hankouri]]
 
* [[User:devinbost|Devin Bost]]
== Documentation ==
* [[User:Payas|Payas Awadhutkar]]
 
* [[User:nbecker|Neal Becker]]
* [[UsingMultipleMPIs]] - How to use lam and openmpi on the same system.
* [[user:circuitron|Amos Ezeme]]
 
* [[user:Sidh25|Siddharth Waikar]]
 
* [[user:raymondpete|Raymond Pete]]
== Packages awaiting review ==
* [[user:trycity|Imran Khan]]
* [http://www.gromacs.org/ gromacs] - Molecular dynamics package [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=464424 #464424]
* [[user:bat|Baptiste Robert]]
* [http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpich2/ MPICH2]: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171993 #171993]  
* [[user:evalero|Esbel Valero Orellana]]
* [http://root.cern.ch/ ROOT] - High energy physics data analysis package [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451744 #451744]
* [[User:markbruns|Mark Bruns]]
* [http://trilinos.sandia.gov/ Trilinos] - Collection of packages that support parallel linear algebra computations, solution of linear, non-linear and eigen systems of equations and related capabilities. [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453703 #453703]
* [[User:j0hn|John Lockman]]
* [https://fedorahosted.org/r2spec/ R2spec] - Python script to generate spec file for R librarie [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458685 #458685]
* [[User:dansci|Daniel Ścisłowski]]
 
* [[User:jsandys|Jeff Sandys]]
== Potential Packages ==
* [[User:ocramas|Marco Aguero]]
* [[Asana Math font]]
* [[User:lupinix|Christian Dersch]]
* [http://bkchem.zirael.org/ BkChem] - A free chemical drawing program, a potential XDrawChem successor
* [[User:besser82|Björn Esser]]
* [http://www.gap-system.org/ GAP] - Computer algebra system - JasonTibbitts [http://www.math.uh.edu/~tibbs/rpms/gap has a working and up-to-date GAP package], but it needs significant cleanup before it has a chance of passing review.
* [[User:laxmikantpm | Laxmikant P Metri]]
* [http://nebc.nox.ac.uk/repository.html#list Ideas of packages for bioinformatics base on bio-linux].
* [[User:Audrissie | Audriana Simms]]
* [http://www.itk.org/ ITK] - Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit - software system to support the [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html Visible Human Project]  
* [[User:kookooss | Saeed Bahmanabadi]]
* [http://www.sagemath.org SAGE] Mathematica-like open source mathematics software ([[SIGs/SciTech/SAGE| SAGE packaging discussion]] )
* [[User:gawbul | Steve Moss]]
 
* [[User:gnovi | Praveen Patil]]
== Bioinformatics WishList ==
* [[User:loveshack | Dave Love]]
 
* [[User:spoonhard | Beau Salwin]]
* [[SIGs/SciTech/BioinformaticsWishList| Bioinformatics WishList]]  
* [[User:kobrien | Ken O'Brien]]
 


== Available Packages ==
If you are interested in joining add yourself to the list.


* [[SIGs/SciTech/PackageList|  List of scientific/engineering packages]]
== Ideas and proposals ==


* [[SIGs/SciTech/SAGE|SAGE packaging discussion]]
* [[UsingMultipleMPIs]] use environment-modules to improve the "MPI alternatives" situation
* [[Features/Ns3|ns-3 network simulator package]]
* Create Fedora Science spin: Community member, Amit Saha has kickstarted this effort. See [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Amitksaha his page] for updates.
* It might be interesting to borrow ideas from [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience Debian Science]


== List of applications we will NOT package ==
== Packages ==


* Non-commercial clauses in applications licenses render them invalid for inclusion into Fedora Package Collection.  Such apps are not Free and open source software and violates Clause 6 of the [http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php OSI definition]. See an example of such clause:
* [[SIGs/SciTech/PackageList|Package list]]  


=== Packages awaiting review ===


<pre>
Add '''FE-SCITECH''' to the Blocks field of any Science/Technology related review in Bugzilla. (Remember to remove it once the review is passed.)
This software may be copied and distributed for educational, research, and not
for profit purposes provided that this copyright and statement are included in
all such copies. Other copyrights may also apply.
</pre>


[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505154 The tracker is in Bugzilla].


{| border="1"
== Communication ==
|-
| '''Name''' || '''Description''' || '''Why it won't be packaged'''
|-
| [http://www.scilab.org/ Scilab] || Scilab is a numerical computational package developed by INRIA and ENPC in France. || Non-Free license
|-
| [http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ VMD] || Molecular Visualization and Analysis Package || Non-Free license
|-
| foo || bar app || patented
|}


== Ideas/Proposals ==
* Mailing list:{{fplist|scitech}}
* [[SIGs/SciTech/SAGE| SAGE packaging discussion]]
* {{fpchat|#fedora-science}} on the freenode IRC network
* MPI work:
* Use environment-modules to improve the "MPI alternatives" situation -- please see the proposal at the bottom of [[EdHill]]


[[Category:Packaging SIGs]]
[[Category:Packaging SIGs]]

Revision as of 12:04, 5 September 2015

Fedora Science and Technology SIG

Mission

The purpose of the Fedora Science and Technology SIG is to improve the number and quality of packages available for scientific and technical users.

Members

If you are interested in joining add yourself to the list.

Ideas and proposals

Packages

Packages awaiting review

Add FE-SCITECH to the Blocks field of any Science/Technology related review in Bugzilla. (Remember to remove it once the review is passed.)

The tracker is in Bugzilla.

Communication

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