Re: [PATCH] Add python-drmaa.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> attached is a patch for python-drmaa.  The tests are disabled because
>> libdrmaa.so is needed, which is usually provided by the cluster
>> installation.  Users are normally expected to set DRMAA_LIBRARY_PATH to
>> the path of libdrmaa.so, e.g.
>>
>>   DRMAA_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/sge/lib/lx-amd64/libdrmaa.so"
>>
>> I don't think we need to package all of Grid Engine to have use for
>> python-drmaa, but I'd like to hear what others think about this.
>
> What’s DRMAA?  Is it free?  Part of “Grid Engine”?

DRMAA = Distributed Resource Management Application API.  The various
Grid Engine implementations (Sun/Oracle Grid Engine, Univa Grid Engine,
Open Grid Scheduler) come with a library providing this API.

At least Open Grid Scheduler is free software.

~~ Ricardo