<div dir="ltr">Yes,Yes</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Jon Schnute <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:schnutej-dfo@shaw.ca" target="_blank">schnutej-dfo@shaw.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">In the recent exchange of messages about ADMB on a Unix platform, I still don’t have a response to the note attached below. I have two questions, each with a simple yes/no answer.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">1. Will you continue to support “make install” as part of a build from source?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">2. Will you update the recent documentation at <a href="http://www.admb-project.org/buildbot/documentation/QuickStartUnix.html" target="_blank">http://www.admb-project.org/buildbot/documentation/QuickStartUnix.html</a> to include this option in Step 6?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">If the answer is “No” to either question, I’d appreciate knowing why.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Probably Johnoel needs to give the definitive reply to these two questions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Jon<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:developers-bounces@admb-project.org" target="_blank">developers-bounces@admb-project.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:developers-bounces@admb-project.org" target="_blank">developers-bounces@admb-project.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jon Schnute<br>
<b>Sent:</b> February-22-14 5:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Johnoel Ancheta'; 'bigA'<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:developers@admb-project.org" target="_blank">developers@admb-project.org</a>; 'Grandin, Chris'; 'Haigh, Rowan'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Developers] [ADMB Users] ADMB in standard package formats<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks for updating and documenting the procedure for using ADMB on Unix platforms. I’ve been testing it myself recently.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Can step 6 (Optional — Installation) still be accomplished with the single command:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">[~/admb/]$ make install<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I tried this with ADMB release 1651 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and it worked. It also worked on a Mac. For consistency with other packages in Unix, I suggest that you maintain and document this standard method of installation. (Of course, it’s also helpful to mention that this procedure copies “~/admb/build/dist” to “ /usr/local/admb”.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">As a developer of R software that uses ADMB, I find it very helpful to have the software on a standard path (such as /usr/local/admb). From that point of view, I think we should recommend step 6 as a normal (not optional) part of the process for general users. What could be simpler than “make install”? Only ADMB experts should deal with their own paths and environment variables.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Jon<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:users-bounces@admb-project.org" target="_blank">users-bounces@admb-project.org</a> [<a href="mailto:users-bounces@admb-project.org" target="_blank">mailto:users-bounces@admb-project.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Johnoel Ancheta<br>
<b>Sent:</b> February-21-14 12:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> bigA<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:users@admb-project.org" target="_blank">users@admb-project.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ADMB Users] ADMB in standard package formats<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">The build process has changed. Check the link below.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.admb-project.org/buildbot/documentation/QuickStartUnix.html" target="_blank">http://www.admb-project.org/buildbot/documentation/QuickStartUnix.html</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It should be simpler and easier for everyone, but may need some fine tuning.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Feedback from Barak Pearlmutter was used for the the changes. Such as the<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">eliminating the need to set System Variables. Although, it will still work if they<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">are set.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">If you would like to contribute man pages, please let me know.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Johnoel<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:57 AM, bigA <<a href="mailto:jaguar.smart@gmail.com" target="_blank">jaguar.smart@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I can work the man page; I have thus far been responsible for it.<br>
I assume we don't want to write a 5460 line beast of a man page;<br>however any content that people want included in the man page shown in<br>the Debian package.<br>Honestly, I think that focusing on the standard Linux build process<br>
and including the man page in the default build process will make<br>getting admb into the standard linux pipeline.<br>Barak Pearlmutter is probably a critical resource for this activity;<br>however he cannot work on this alone. Has anyone looked at the<br>
patches he has suggested? If the build process needs to be cleaned up,<br>who within admb<br>is willing to work with us on it?<br><br>Aaron<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Arni Magnusson <<a href="mailto:arnima@hafro.is" target="_blank">arnima@hafro.is</a>> wrote:<br>
> Our priority should be to release ADMB in standard package formats: Debian,<br>> Gentoo, RPM, and Mac.<br>><br>> This will make ADMB much more visible and accessible for scientists in all<br>> disciplines. Package repositories are categorized, so ADMB would be listed<br>
> on autogenerated lists of scientific and statistical software for Linux, for<br>> example. These lists are copied to Wikipedia, blogs, newsletters, etc.<br>><br>> Packaging means adapting the build procedure to Linux standards (we may be<br>
> there already), writing a short man page, and filling out a basic template<br>> file for each package format. Please consider participating in the ongoing<br>> effort:<br>><br>> <a href="http://admb-project.org/developers/packaging" target="_blank">http://admb-project.org/developers/packaging</a><br>
><br>> Arni<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Users@admb-project.org" target="_blank">Users@admb-project.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.admb-project.org/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://lists.admb-project.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br>
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