ubuntu-motu-science Digest, Vol 4, Issue 1

[Michael F. Rimbert]

I'd like to help.  I've been inactive for some time due to the demands
of my job, and have let my MOTU membership on launchpad expire.  I'd
like to discuss specific areas in which I could contribute.

Thanks,
Mike

On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 12:00 +0000,
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>    1. science package work for Hardy (Jordan Mantha)
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> > From: Jordan Mantha <mantha at ubuntu.com>
> > Reply-To: mantha at ubuntu.com
> > To: ubuntu-motu-science at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Subject: science package work for Hardy
> > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:59:30 -0800
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > It's been a very long time since we had any activity here. I'd like to
> > bring your attention to some things that could be done to help make
> > Hardy a top-notch science OS. Because LTS releases are often used more
> > by scientist than our general population I think it's doubly important
> > that we make sure science packages are in good shape for Hardy.
> > 
> > Thanks to William Grant (Fujitsu) we have a nice page that tracks the
> > Ubuntu and Debian versions of science packages [0]. In particular, the
> > "Outdated in Hardy (Sid version > Hardy version)" [1], "Outdated in
> > Hardy (Sid version > Hardy version), and Hardy has local changes" [2],
> > and "Not in Hardy" [3] sections are ones that we should be looking at.
> > 
> > We should be looking particularly for packages that have new upstream
> > versions or new Debian revisions that fix bugs. If anybody has questions
> > feel free to ask here, ubuntu-motu or #ubuntu-motu on IRC.
> > 
> > Also Aanjhan has done a little work on the wiki page [4], but we could
> > use some more updating/cleanup.
> > 
> > -Jordan
> > 
> > 
> > [0] http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/multidistrotools/science.html
> > [1] http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/multidistrotools/science.html#outdatedinB
> > [2]
> > http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/multidistrotools/science.html#outdatedandlocalinB
> > [3] http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/multidistrotools/science.html#notinB
> > [4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Teams/Science
> > 
> > 

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Michael F. Rimbert <mrimbert at ubuntu.com>