Hi Guys, I just wanted to spread some information about this cute project: I see utility for it in many respects especially to tackle aspects of reproducible research, so I thought to mention it to you so may be someone would get interested to ITP my RFP [1] (unfortunately my plate is too full atm). So here comes CDE:
http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/cdepack.html CDEpack (Code, Data, and Environment packaging) is a tool that automatically packages up everything required to execute a Linux command on another computer without any installation or configuration. A command can range from something as simple as a command-line utility to a sophisticated GUI application with 3D graphics. The only requirement is that the other computer have the same hardware architecture (e.g., x86) and major kernel version (e.g., 2.6.X) as yours. CDEpack allows you to easily run programs without the dependency hell that inevitably occurs when attempting to install software or libraries. . Typical use cases: 1. Quickly share prototype software 2. Try out software in non-native environments 3. Perform reproducible research 4. Instantly deploy applications to cluster or cloud computing 5. Submit executable bug reports 6. Package class programming assignments 7. Easily collaborate on coding projects Core components are patched strace and readelf (binutils). Upstream VCS: https://github.com/pgbovine/CDE Upstream author (CCed) is very responsive and project is alive/leaping forward. By complementing Debian with CDE we could make it even better fit for research, where instead of asking a collaborator/reviewer/etc install a complete Debian system, necessary materials could be bundled up to be ran on any available Linux. Cheers, [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610711 -- =------------------------------------------------------------------= Keep in touch www.onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko www.ohloh.net/accounts/yarikoptic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
