On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:51 AM, <andrewnixon0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On , Amit Saha <droidery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hello: >> >> >> >> As an effort to avoid installing the same packages (like latex, emacs, >> >> gnuplot..) everytime I do a fresh install of a Linux distro, I decided >> >> to create a Fedora spin to cater the users who use Linux as their main >> >> workstation to help them in their research. >> >> >> >> I see from [1] that a Fedora "Spin for Science" is in the Ideas >> >> section. However, the SciTech mailng list seems deactivated at the >> >> moment and hence I had some discussions on the Release Engineering >> >> mailing list [2]. >> >> >> >> At this point of time, here is what I have (based on the suggestions >> >> by Bill Nottingham): An updated 'comps-f16-xml.in' whose current >> >> version is at [3] and based on that a possible kickstart script[4]. >> >> >> >> Any thoughts/comments/suggestions appreciated. >> >> >> >> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/SciTech >> >> [2] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/rel-eng/2011-June/012301.html >> >> [3] >> https://bitbucket.org/amitksaha/custom_linux/src/c94686fe43fe/comps-f16.xml.in >> >> [4] >> https://bitbucket.org/amitksaha/custom_linux/src/c94686fe43fe/fedora-live-scientific.ks >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Amit >> > > Amit, I would be keen to help with this spin. The SciTech SIG seems to be > dead making it a little difficult for scientists to find common ground on > the project. Thanks Andrew for your interest. It should definitely be an interesting addition to the fedora spin community. -Amit -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
