ISC26: update the basics section#535
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This is so that audience is already aware of where we are headin into, when we introduce the various pieces (hash, store, etc.).
Also, consolidate all the use of `spack find`
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This follows from spack/spack-tutorial#535 Signed-off-by: Massimiliano Culpo <massimiliano.culpo@gmail.com>
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Overall I really like what you did with this section! I just left some comments on language preferences, but nothing stood out that needs to change conceptually.
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I think that there's a simpler way of explaining this than with wildcards?
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I went with:
Pass a substring to narrow the list.
For example, to see all Python packages:
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| Now that we know the spec syntax and how to query installations, let's put them to work on a realistic package. |
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Maybe knit-picking, but I don't think I like the term "realistic" here, all of the other examples were realistic installations someone could do as well
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Thanks for the review @kshea21 ! I addressed the comments and went ahead closing the ones I "just accepted". |
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This section has been reorganized, so that concepts are introduced in order rather than interleaved.
Structural changes:
spack help --specis the last subsection herespack findto avoid back and forthspack findusage (including the former "Advanced spack find Usage") in one place.Content changes:
cflags=but shows+ipoandbuild_type=Debuginstead in the Variants subsection.mpi@3).spack graphfor trilinos.The output was generated using:
(see #536 for how that image was built) and editing the Makefile locally to point to that container image.