[Fwd: Re: vPython]

[Brad]

I have rpms for older versions of vpython and a tutorial on how to make 
rpms. Here is some information that might be 
useful(http://rpmbuildtut.wordpress.com/). Let me know if you need any help.


Brad Longo
North Carolina State University
Aerospace Engineering/Applied Mathematics
Raleigh, NC USA
862.266.7066
brad.longo at gmail.com



Casey Dahlin wrote
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: vPython
> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:54:50 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Greg Dekoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com>
> To: Casey Dahlin <cdahlin at redhat.com>
> References: <46979159.2050605 at redhat.com>
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> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Casey Dahlin wrote:
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>> At NCSU, nearly every student in every department codes a small 
>> subset of python once during their studies. This is due to the 
>> physics department's use of a library called vPython. vPython is 
>> simply a 3d library. Its capabilities are very limited but it is 
>> extremely simple to use. Basically any student who takes a physics 
>> lab at state (usually a general education requirement) learns to 
>> model physics problems in vPython (admittedly without ever seeing so 
>> much as a conditional or loop).
>>
>> I bring this up because vPython is very very difficult to install on 
>> Fedora. there is no RPM, and many of the dependencies for building 
>> the source are very difficult to resolve due to conflicts etc. 
>> However I do have a friend who has found a procedure to do it. What 
>> would be the process for getting vPython included as a package in 
>> Fedora? It'd be one step closer to getting the Physics people off of 
>> win2k.
>
> It is not a simple process. It should probably be simpler. But it's 
> not rocket science, either. It's documented here:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Join
>
> If you'd like to do this, I'd really appreciate a newbie's detailed 
> impressions of the process of joining the world of Fedora packagers. :)
>
> --g
>