Hi Ben, Regarding your final point, the script to update the easyconfigs would definitely be useful.
Cheers, Adam — Adam Huffman Senior HPC and Cloud Systems Engineer The Francis Crick Institute Gibbs Building 215 Euston Road London NW1 2BE T: 020 7611 2244 E: [email protected] W: www.crick.ac.uk > On 17 Feb 2016, at 22:49, McGough, Benjamin E <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have begun to use EasyBuild to replace our manual build process for > scientific software. As we have learned more and more about EasyBuild, a > couple of questions have come up. > > First, I am 95% positive I read a 'best practices' for citing > EasyBuild/EasyConfigs... but I cannot find it anywhere now. If such exists in > the documentation, please point me to it. > > I believe we will have need to cite the version of EasyBuild and the specific > easyconfig used to build software involved in published research. Would it be > wise to cite github URLs for EasyBuild and easyconfigs? We may also have a > need to cite easyconfigs that have not been accepted into the easyconfigs > repository, but would like to use a generic URL not associated with our > institution. Is there a common practice for this? > > Second, we have begun to build R and Python with an expanded set of included > extensions (libraries/modules). We intend to keep this up for new versions of > R and Python, including version updates for the extensions and inclusion of > new extensions by request and dependency. My initial feeling is that this > might be useful to others, and I had planned to submit these easyconfigs with > a versionsuffix of something like 'life-sciences' to indicate the extensions > selection is primarily life science-driven. Now I am not sure that is the > right way to proceed. Is there a common practice I should read? We also have > a python script using APIs from CRAN and PyPI to update the easyconfigs. Is > that something that would be a useful tool to others? > > Thanks! > > Ben McGough > System Administrator > Center IT/Scientific Computing > O 206.667.7818 > [email protected] > > 1100 Fairview Ave. N. > P.O. Box 19024 > Seattle, WA 98109 > > Fred Hutch / Cures Start Here > fredhutch.org The Francis Crick Institute Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales no. 1140062 and a company registered in England and Wales no. 06885462, with its registered office at 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE.
