Personally I was thinking pretty restricted to scientific code:

openmpi
netcdf
hdf5
WRF

etc.

but I figured with various people contributing their interest we might 
develop a decent eco-system of performance dependent code.  I was *not* 
thinking of another rebuild/clone of the OS.

The main driver is the need to compile Fortran code with the same 
compiler up the library stack, but performance benefits of some of the C 
compilers might be helpful as well.

Legal issues may arise, but generally it appears that you can distribute 
binaries even with certain runtime libraries as well.  If anyone has 
experience with this though, that would be very helpful.

On 08/22/2012 07:39 PM, Rich wrote:
> Sounds interesting. Were you going to build e.g. complete sl6-pgi,
> sl6-intel, etc repo clones, or something more restricted?
>
> - Rich
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Henrique Junior <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I'll be happy to mirror your repo if it comes to life.
>>
>> --
>> Henrique "LonelySpooky" Junior
>> http://about.me/henriquejunior
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "Kinney, Jamie" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Orion Poplawski <[log in to unmask]>
>> Cc: "[log in to unmask]"
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 8:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: repo for packages built with Intel, Portland, etc. compilers
>>
>> I think this is a great idea.  Are there any licensing/legal issues to be
>> considered before making these publicly available?
>>
>> Let me know if you need assistance with this.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jamie Kinney
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>> 206.265.9439
>>
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2012, at 4:05 PM, "Orion Poplawski" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm starting to build a set of rpm packages built with the Intel and
>>> Portland
>>> Group compilers.  These would install in /opt and be accessible via
>>> modules.
>>> Would anyone be interested in collaborating on a public repository for
>>> such
>>> things?  I really haven't thought much through at this point, just trying
>>> to
>>> gauge interest.  Has anything like this already been done?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Orion Poplawski
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