[Project-managers] Binary distribution

[Ted Ralphs]

Hi all,

For the past several months, JP Fasano, Kipp Martin, and I have been 
developing a process for building a standardized distribution of 
binaries (libraries and executables) built from the source code 
available in the COIN-OR repository. Such a binary distribution has been 
in demand by users for quite some time and we are finally getting around 
to providing it to them. Alpha version of our current binary 
distributions have been posted on the COIN-OR Web site at:

http://www.coin-or.org/Binaries/

Before we announce this project to the world, we'd like to request that 
you take a look at the distributions, try to use them, and provide us 
with any feedback you think would help us improve what we are providing. 
Currently, the distribution includes only a small subset of the projects 
available in the repository, but if this initial test goes well, we will 
be adding more projects to our build over time. Project managers who 
wish to have their projects included in the distribution will be asked 
to conform to certain standards that will make it easy for us to 
automate the build and test process. More information regarding these 
requirements will be provided in a follow-up e-mail. In the meantime, 
please let us know if you have any feedback. Thanks for your help.

Cheers,

Ted
-- 
Dr. Ted Ralphs
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Lehigh University
(610)758-4784
tkralphs at lehigh.edu
www.lehigh.edu/~tkr2