[GSAS-II] Plans for conda

[jgfaber at verizon.net]

Given the monumental work of Brian and Bob to develop GAS-II, I think their decision on updates, etc make good sense. I havn't felt the urge to learn Anaconda and Python and prefer a narrower focus on functionality. I think the community should thank Bob and Brian for their efforts!

John 

 


John Faber
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-----Original Message-----
From: Toby, Brian H. <toby at anl.gov>
To: Christopher Wright <cjwright4242 at gmail.com>
Cc: gsas-ii <gsas-ii at aps.anl.gov>
Sent: Wed, Oct 4, 2017 11:54 am
Subject: Re: [GSAS-II] Plans for conda

Due to the very frequent updates we make to GSAS-II (both to fix bugs and to address enhancement requests) we don’t have a traditional development cycle with periodic software releases — for this reason we want people to install GSAS-II from our subversion server. This allows for frequent updates. 

We do use conda-constructor to build a distribution kit (see https://subversion.xray.aps.anl.gov/trac/pyGSAS/browser/install for files to build the placeholder g2pkg package and the g2conda miniconda-with-extras). I suppose this could be converted to a conda recipe that would allow GSAS-II to be installed from inside conda. My experience is that most GSAS-II users are not that interested in learning about learning to use anaconda and Python and want something simple to use. I am interested in hearing who would want a conda recipe and why. 

I’d be happy to have it available if someone wants to adapt what I have (provided that the recipe downloads the svn conda package and installs GSAS-II via subversion with the supplied bootstrap.py file.) 

Brian


> On Oct 4, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Christopher Wright <cjwright4242 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Are there any plans to make a conda recipe and put it on conda-forge?
> CJ Wright
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