[Scitech] Fedora Scientific

[Amit Saha]

Hi Stuart:

On 10/17/2011 08:06 PM, Stuart Mumford wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have had a thought regarding packages and adding software, while
> (correct me if I am wrong) the idea of this spin is to have a
> distribution that is a good base point for many different types of
> scientist, it is not possible to include all the software that people
> want or all the specialist software that people would use in specific
> fields.

Exactly.

>
> So I was wondering if it would be possible to add some extra categories
> to the package manager (GUI) to allow people to find, or install
> en-masse the software they might need. My thoughts were we could have a
> large Sci/Tech spin category  with sub categories such as Astronomy,
> Physics, Biology (etc...) with the ability to browse the packages in
> those lists or install all of them (or recommended subsets).

You read my mind! I have been thinking of doing this since the day I saw 
the engineering and scientific group. That said, it is out of the scope 
for the Fedora Scientific Spin project. But, it is very much in the 
scope of the SciTech SIG.

A good starting point would perhaps be to email the release engineering 
list [1] and state your intention citing the comps files. [2]

Please let me know if you have any queries regarding this.


[1] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/rel-eng/
[2] http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=comps.git;a=tree

Best,
Amit

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