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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -Spack -=========== + +============ + +[](https://travis-ci.org/LLNL/spack) Spack is a package management tool designed to support multiple versions and configurations of software on a wide variety of platforms @@ -13,24 +15,30 @@ can coexist on the same system. Most importantly, Spack is simple. It offers a simple spec syntax so that users can specify versions and configuration options concisely. Spack is also simple for package authors: package files are -writtin in pure Python, and specs allow package authors to write a +written in pure Python, and specs allow package authors to write a single build script for many different builds of the same package. See the -[Feature Overview](http://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack/features.html) +[Feature Overview](http://llnl.github.io/spack/features.html) for examples and highlights. To install spack and install your first package: - $ git clone https://github.com/scalability-llnl/spack.git + $ git clone https://github.com/llnl/spack.git $ cd spack/bin $ ./spack install libelf Documentation ---------------- -[Full documentation](http://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack) -for Spack is also available. +[**Full documentation**](http://llnl.github.io/spack) for Spack is +the first place to look. + +See also: + * [Technical paper](http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/sc/2015/3723/00/2807623.pdf) and + [slides](https://tgamblin.github.io/files/Gamblin-Spack-SC15-Talk.pdf) on Spack's design and implementation. + * [Short presentation](https://tgamblin.github.io/files/Gamblin-Spack-Lightning-Talk-BOF-SC15.pdf) from the *Getting Scientific Software Installed* BOF session at Supercomputing 2015. + Get Involved! ------------------------ @@ -62,21 +70,18 @@ latest stable release. Authors ---------------- -Spack was written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov. - -Significant contributions were also made by: - - * David Beckingsale - * David Boehme - * Alfredo Gimenez - * Luc Jaulmes - * Matt Legendre - * Greg Lee - * Adam Moody - * Saravan Pantham - * Joachim Protze - * Bob Robey - * Justin Too +Many thanks go to Spack's [contributors](https://github.com/llnl/spack/graphs/contributors). + +Spack was originally written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov. + +### Citing Spack + +If you are referencing Spack in a publication, please cite the following paper: + + * Todd Gamblin, Matthew P. LeGendre, Michael R. Collette, Gregory L. Lee, + Adam Moody, Bronis R. de Supinski, and W. Scott Futral. + [**The Spack Package Manager: Bringing Order to HPC Software Chaos**](http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/sc/2015/3723/00/2807623.pdf). + In *Supercomputing 2015 (SC’15)*, Austin, Texas, November 15-20 2015. LLNL-CONF-669890. Release ---------------- |