[ubuntu-science] Ubuntu Science Edition...

[Ming Hua]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 12:24:21PM -0700, Jordan Mantha wrote:
> 
> First, I think we need to have metapackages or tasks for each discrete area
> of science. Not necessarily *all* packages in that area, just the best and
> the ones that most people are going to want to use. I'm working on this to
> some extent for Edubuntu already, although more focused on
> teaching/education in science.

I completely agree with this approach.  Compared with a customized
distribution, which probably rely on a (not necessarily public) package
list from a single developer, metapackages are more reliant and benefit
more than just Ubuntu.

> > Another thing is that I have several science-related packages sitting  
> > in REVU, waiting for review. If there are any MOTU's in the  
> > readership of this list, perhaps you could help push these packages  
> > along. They are:

Thank you for taking time to package these.

> > theseus - Maximum likelihood superpositioning of macromolecular structures
> > kaksi - Protein secondary structure assignment program
> > mustang - Multiple structural alignment of proteins
> > btk-core - Biomolecule Toolkit C++ library

Btk looks rather interesting, and I plan to review it.  Note that I am a
picky reviewer though, and a cursory look already reveals some problems.
So expect a long review process if I am the main reviewer.

> > chooch - Anomalous scattering factors from X-ray fluorescence data
> > cgraph - A minimal library for scientific PostScript plots (needed by chooch)
> 
> Awesome, I'm not sure when I'd be able to get to them but I'll try to stick
> them on my todo list. Other MOTUs are welcom to jump in too ;-)

Hope I can do my part. :-)

Ming
2007.06.28