From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21185 invoked by alias); 12 Jun 2007 18:30:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 21172 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Jun 2007 18:30:03 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-71-248-179-245.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (71.248.179.245) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:29:58 +0000 Received: by cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 12A4E13C0AC; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:29:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:30:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: Riccardo Bruno , corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com, fabio.scibilia@ct.infn.it, dario.russo@ct.infn.it, overseers@sourceware.org, roberto.barbera@ct.infn.it Cc: overseers@sourceware.org Subject: Re: sourceware hosting request for gLite Message-ID: <20070612182955.GA17452@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mail-Followup-To: Riccardo Bruno , corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com, fabio.scibilia@ct.infn.it, dario.russo@ct.infn.it, overseers@sourceware.org, roberto.barbera@ct.infn.it References: <466EC3A0.6040808@ct.infn.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <466EC3A0.6040808@ct.infn.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Mailing-List: contact overseers-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: overseers-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-q2/txt/msg00081.txt.bz2 [redirecting to the overseers mailing list] On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 06:02:40PM +0200, Riccardo Bruno wrote: > Dear sourcemaster, > >I would like to introduce my hosting request to your sourceware. I'm >writing on behalf of the EGEE (http://public.eu-egee.org/) gLite grid >Middleware (www.glite.org). > >Briefly gLite is a grid middleware devoted to the e-science paradigm >(sharing 'resources' among scientific communities). Our local >development team was successful able to compile on cygwin many grid >services available for the gLite grid middleware. Our intention is >then to integrate the existing gLite middleware as a new cygwin >component. > >If you agree on our intentions we have the possibility to open the use >of our grid infrastructure to many cygwin/windows users and then >disseminate more our scientific based grid infrastructure. Please let >us know about your sourceware availability for this project and any >further suggestion/comment will be really appreciated. I didn't look very hard but I didn't immediately see what you make the source code available. I see binary rpms but I don't see source rpms. Am I missing something? You also seem to have a fairly nice site setup now. It's not clear why you'd want to move to sourceware. cgf