SL originally was rebuilt through Fermilab/CERN for HEP and adopted by a
number of persons who wanted a stable "hardened enterprise" Linux.
Because of the association with HEP and the needed computational
resources for the support of HEP, I was curious if anyone on this list
was or will be involved with FORM. Was FORM being used on SL
environments? Is it being used today on whatever environments that
currently are deployed by what were SL HEP sites? Most of the HEP lists
that are available outside of the actual communities of the various HEP
collaborations do not seem to be discussing this issue. Sorry for the
intrusion.
On 1/4/23 19:14, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 8:34 PM Yasha Karant <[email protected]> wrote:
Is anyone on this list using or involved with FORM? Although the
account below is for the popular press, the content is relevant, as is
the retention, tenure, and promotion process for university-based
faculty who often are the (sub)PI for a HEP experiment (sub-PI may mean
PI on a grant that depends upon the overall collaboration to be fundable).
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.quantamagazine.org_crucial-2Dcomputer-2Dprogram-2Dfor-2Dparticle-2Dphysics-2Dat-2Drisk-2Dof-2Dobsolescence-2D20221201_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=BVKcgRQ4MjUdslTNpZMW9YNlzNB_l1ZaqYbRjXw-F7AWZ0VY4Ie43vgk-HR5KTSl&s=O1GdXMWyirwUFfFFT0h4UfGn3RAU0ntgYkJTb_bJ_mY&e=
This would seem to have nothing to do with Scientific Linux, which is
a rebuilt operating system from an upstream source and no longer being
maintained. Why do you bring it up here?
Nico Kadel-Garcia
