[Beowulf] Thoughts on EasyBuild?

Prentice Bisbal pbisbal at pppl.gov
Fri Jan 18 11:42:57 PST 2019


On 1/18/19 12:56 AM, Chris Samuel wrote:
> They also have a sense of humour, Kenneth Hoste the lead developer has 
> a great talk called "How to make package managers cry" which goes into 
> detail about how to make your software hard to install, with examples.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSemlYagjIU

Ouch! As someone who's compiled thousands of scientifiic packages, that 
hit a little too close to home. I've experienced every thing he talks 
about inĀ  his presentation.





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