Hi Jon, Jon Woodring <[email protected]> writes:
> Also, yes, I get that multi-compiler issues that we have in HPC is a strange > requirement that we have, but again, *portage* could have solved it if the > HPC community had contributed -- and I don't think it's impossible with > current *portage*. Thank you Jon. You are always welcomed to try Prefix out on the HPC settings. > I do realize you can't use *Prefix* out of the box with the existing > *portage* tree. That is not the case. You can use Prefix from the Gentoo portage tree without modification, over Linux kernels. The overlays Amadio mentioned were for development purpose. > So, I can't turn back time and tell the *Spack* team to go and use *portage*, > because it exists now, and it has a lot of traction, but I am going to say it > was a stupid decision. One of our friends Christoph Junghans, was a contributor of Prefix. But eventually he decided that spack is the way to go. Jon, it might be worthwhile to have a chat with your colleague on this matter. Chris knows both sides well. Cheers, Benda
