> Hello, > > Firstly I hope this is the right place to ask this!! > > I have been having a discussion on the Fedora SciTech mailing list and we > thought that someone on here might be able to offer us some advice / a > solution! > > In discussing the packages to include in a Fedora scientific spin, I > suggested that it might be worth while including the dependencies for IDL > (Interactive Data Language) which is a widely used proprietary data > analysis > and visualisation package. (As much as I would rather just use Python this > is not really possible.) > > I suggested that perhaps some kind of package group or "meta package" > could > be created that would hold all the dependencies for IDL making the install > process easier, if all the dependencies were not included by default . > (see > http://goo.gl/6a7jM for a list of the deps) So long as they meet our licensing guidlelines, there's nothing preventing including of the required pacakges. Since IDL is proprietary, I don't think a meta-package in Fedora is appropriate, but you could distribute this yourself for your use and that of others. -J > Does such a mechanism exist within the packaging framework for Fedora and > if > so how easy is it to create and maintain such a package? > > Thanks > Stuart > -- > packaging mailing list > packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
