> Hi all, Now that things are getting stable and 4.1 is just around >the corner (yea!), I'm getting ready to start distributing OpenDX to >researchers on our campus. One thing I've noticed is that the UNIX >distributions available are all .tar.gz files (except for Suhaib's Linux >rpm's). This works fine for development and testing, or even for a >single-user, but for our case it's a support nightmare. What I've been >working on (and would be happy to upload when 4.1 is ready) is an SGI >inst/tardist package along with tardist packages of up-to-date versions of >HDF, netcdf, cdf, ImageMagick etc. If someone building for AIX were >interested in building LPP packages of OpenDX +aux. packages and made >those available for download it would help out immensely. I know that >this isn't "development" per se, but I just wanted to see if I'm off in >left field on this or not. >********************************************************************* >Alan M. Ferrenberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Manager, Research and Computational Science Support
I think this would pretty much ensure your position on the "Hero of the DX Revolution" list. <(:-) Packaging for easy install by "users" (including support people), specific to each OS's favorite scheme, should be a prime next target for "development". Thanks for offering! Chris Pelkie Vice President/Scientific Visualization Producer Conceptual Reality Presentations, Inc. 30 West Meadow Drive Ithaca, NY 14850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
