[R-sig-Fedora] Self Introduction

[Iñaki Ucar]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 at 15:46, Tom Callaway <spotrh using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ali, welcome to the SIG!
>
> I'm not sure that adding new R module packages makes sense in EPEL. The
> exponential rate of new dependencies just to be able to keep the existing
> packages current in Fedora makes it incredibly painful for us to do the R
> major version upgrades there (whereas, for EPEL, it's much much simpler).
>
> Part of why I haven't had time to do the next major R update for Fedora is
> this, it takes so much time to rebuild the entire R package tree there (and
> as Fedora work is no longer the primary part of my day job, large multi day
> efforts like this have not been easy to accomplish).
>
> Combine that with the average R user being content to simply install via
> CRAN, and I'm not sure that the pros outweigh the cons in adding modules as
> packages to EPEL.
>
> I think this is something we should discuss as a SIG though. :)

I agree, and that's why I created [1], which has two advantages:
automatic daily sync, and straightforward mass rebuilds. I intend to
make these rebuilds straightforward for the official Fedora repo too
when the fas group is created, but I still agree that we should keep
the packages at a minimum in EPEL.

Our efforts would be better employed in recreating [1] for CentOS,
which wouldn't be hard, but the main stopper was disk space at the
time. I'll ask the Copr team again about this.

It would be even easier (and much lightweight) to recreate what Dirk
Eddelbuetel did for Ubuntu here [2], which is to reuse binaries
created by RStudio (available in [3]) and make proper RPMs, with
library dependencies, with them. But I'm not sure we could use Copr
for this (anyway, the disk space problem would be still there). We
could try OBS.

[1] https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/iucar/cran/
[2] https://github.com/eddelbuettel/r2u
[3] https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/

Iñaki

>
> ~spot
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2022, 9:18 AM Ali Erdinc Koroglu <
> ali.erdinc.koroglu using intel.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello, Everyone.
> > My name is Ali Erdinc Koroglu, I work at Intel in the Linux Systems
> > Engineering team where we build and package optimization work across
> > various Linux distros. I'm also CentOS Hyperscale SIG member + Fedora
> > packager (fas: aekoroglu) and NeuroSIG member.
> >
> > I was planning to work on R + OpenBLAS and upgrade R packages for Fedora
> > and migrate the missing once into EPEL8/9.
> > So I think the R SIG is an excellent fit for my efforts and I would like
> > to become a member.
> >
> > I look forward to working with you all.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Ali Erdinc Koroglu
> >
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Iñaki Úcar