[MITgcm-devel] lobbying for package inclusion in Fedora

[Ed Hill]

Hi folks,

In an effort to make MITgcm installs easier for the general public, I'm
trying to get NetCDF (and nco) included in a Fedora package repository. 
The main benefit is that, if you're running a recent Red Hat or Fedora
distro, you can do something as simple as:

  [first become root then]
  $ yum install netcdf

and, like magic, its there and working nicely.  Eventually, the package
may become part of the standard distro (so it gets installed with
everything else right from the beginning).

But in order to get accepted, people have to show some interest.  So, if
you have a few moments, please go to these two links:

  https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1874
  https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1893

and add some comments in the "Additional Comments" block such as:

 - "the NetCDF [and NCO] packages are very important for my work"
 - "I use NetCDF almost daily and would love to see it in Fedora"
 - "the RPMs work nicely on my system"
 - "NetCDF and NCO packages have been included in Debian-Stable 
    for some time now"
 - "NetCDF makes the sun shine and the flowers bloom"

OK, skip the last one but you get the general idea...  :-)

And thanks in advance for the help!

Ed

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