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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by RidingPegasus on Friday November 02, 2018 @09:09PM (#18368048)
> requires setting up a very specific environment, installing specific versions of libraries, using some niche software and converting data from one byzantine format to another

Containerisation is fairly mature and simple to use. Many in other fields struggle with these exact same issues and are able to create reproducible environments just fine.

I find it amazing that those publishing don't include their implementation, all that work locked away on a rusty hdd.

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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by Fomite on Saturday November 03, 2018 @02:56AM (#18369077)
Containerization is not simple to use for many users of scientific code.

Hell, I'm pretty sure in my department, the first response would be "What's that?"

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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by thomasz on Saturday November 03, 2018 @03:53AM (#18369198)
Containers may be a bit difficult, but every researcher should be capable of using a VM and distributing it.
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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by Fomite on Saturday November 03, 2018 @04:01AM (#18369209)
I'm excited if I can get my colleagues to use version control.
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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by gpm on Saturday November 03, 2018 @11:05AM (#18370527)
Do you think that they would use a VCS that was less invasive and more transparent to their workflow, like dropbox?

I'm thinking of making a VCS that simply runs in the background and

- Automatically records every file save (effectively a git commit without a message)

- Allows adding messages through tagging (like git tag)

- Handles 'branching' just by asking you make a copy of the directory with a different name, properly understands how to diff/merge/etc copied files/directories that have since diverged.

- Has built in support for large files

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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by Fomite on Saturday November 03, 2018 @06:13PM (#18372781)
Almost certainly, yes.
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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by thomasz on Saturday November 03, 2018 @09:10AM (#18370012)
Git is way more complicated than VMware.
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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by user5994461 on Saturday November 03, 2018 @10:16AM (#18370237)
Use SVN just like everybody else.
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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by umanwizard on Saturday November 03, 2018 @03:53PM (#18372123)
You obviously don't know many researchers (if any).
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Re:1 in 4 Statisticians Say They Were Asked to Commit Scient... by sk5t on Saturday November 03, 2018 @12:17AM (#18368662)
In the software dev world--but outside of BSD--I would argue that containerization is extremely immature. Outside the software dev world, it is not easy to use.
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