Aw: Re: Re: Shared cluster storage for bioinformatics

Thank you, Urmas! This sounds great. I am not sure about how much help I can be when it comes to maintaining/packaging work that is such close to the kernel, but just shout out whenever you need help.
Best,
Steffen

> Gesendet: Montag, 29. Juli 2024 um 11:57 Uhr
> Von: "Urmas Rist" <[email protected]>
> An: "Steffen Möller" <[email protected]>, "Tony Travis" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Aleksandr Ragel" <[email protected]>, "Debian Med Project List" <[email protected]>, "Andreas Tille" <[email protected]>, "Piotr Modrzyk" <[email protected]>, "David Gerstein" <[email protected]>
> Betreff: Re: Re: Shared cluster storage for bioinformatics
>
> > Would there be a away to have you SaunaFS folks maintain a Debian package directly? Debian has this "Maintainer" concept that grants individuals the right to update packages - you need a sponsor for the initial upload but then you can help yourselves
> 
> I've been thinking about during the weekend. So our company's position is that
> if the community wants to package for specific distro, that's completely fine
> by us, but we won't provide support for those packages (as that's the
> maintainers job).
> 
> However, I could be willing to volunteer personally to help maintain the Debian
> package if there's nobody else who could do it. I would do it in my personal
> capacity and spare time after work.
> 
> Regards,
> ---
> Urmas Rist
> SaunaFS Maintainer
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Steffen Möller <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2024 11:51 AM
> To: Tony Travis <[email protected]>
> Cc: Urmas Rist <[email protected]>; Aleksandr Ragel <[email protected]>; Debian Med Project List <[email protected]>; Andreas Tille <[email protected]>; Piotr Modrzyk <[email protected]>
> Subject: Aw: Re: Shared cluster storage for bioinformatics
>  
> Hello,
> 
> Would there be a away to have you SaunaFS folks maintain a Debian package directly? Debian has this "Maintainer" concept that grants individuals the right to update packages - you need a sponsor for the initial upload but then you can help yourselves
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer .
> 
> Debian has a steady influx of new packages https://ircbots.debian.net/stats/ but from what I observe the number of Debian developers is mostly steady https://github.com/jwilk/dd-num-graph, so extra hands are important.
> 
> Best,
> Steffen
> 
> > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Juli 2024 um 14:01 Uhr
> > Von: "Tony Travis" <[email protected]>
> > An: "Urmas Rist" <[email protected]>, "Aleksandr Ragel" <[email protected]>, "Debian Med Project List" <[email protected]>
> > Cc: "Andreas Tille" <[email protected]>, "Piotr Modrzyk" <[email protected]>
> > Betreff: Re: Shared cluster storage for bioinformatics
> >
> > On 24/07/2024 12:13, Urmas Rist wrote:
> > >> I followed this up and took a look at the "SaunaFS" GitHub" repo:
> > >
> > >>> https://github.com/aNeutrino/open-saunafs
> > >
> > > Quick correction: The official repository is here:
> > >
> > >> https://github.com/leil-io/saunafs
> >
> > Hi, Urmas.
> >
> > Sorry - Thanks for correcting my mistake,
> >
> >    Tony.
> >
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