[Debichem-devel] Looking for a mentor -- multiscale molecular modeling package MMB (and molmodel)

[Andrius Merkys]

Hi Samuel,

On 2020-03-03 20:55, Samuel Flores wrote:
> I guess i am not on the right list, anyway i could not find this thread.

I paste the link once more, for me it works in private mode:
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/debian-science-maintainers/2020-March/079054.html

> They seem to have no objection, in fact they were flattered and
> appreciative of the thought. They just didn't want to commit to
> supporting this distribution method.

They have no objection, that's true. They even invite PRs suggesting the
missing soversions. However, some commitment is required from the
upstream to keep track of the ABI changes and reflect them in the
soversions.

> Ah yes. Such a big package to include, for only one function. You are
> in principle completely right, the issue is that most likely it would
> take me forever to get around to that since it has no payoff other
> than this.

I see your point. Well, if it's only one function, maybe static linkage
against their 3rd party source would be acceptable for the time being.

> The other thing is that my collaborators just added the ccp4 package
> in the same way (they checked and the license allows this), and are
> soon to add another for mmCIF. So if 3rd party packages being included
> is a dealbreaker, then I guess I am lost anyway.

3rd party packages certainly are not dealbreakers, they are just
preferred to be included in Debian on their own. Some of the CCP4 open
source packages are already in Debian [1], mmCIF is also welcomed.

[1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libccp4

Best,
Andrius

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Andrius Merkys
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