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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 07:43:25PM +0100, Johan Jansson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 08:50:12AM -0600, Anders Logg wrote:
> > Anything else before 0.6.0?
> > 
> > I will fix the XML output (closing the tags correctly) and some other
> > minor things. Anything else?
> > 
> > Is PyDOLFIN in good shape?
> > 
> > /Anders
> > 
> 
> PyDOLFIN needs some minor fixes wrt. libtool. They are ready, just not
> checked in. After that, PyDOLFIN is in good shape.

Great.

> The build system is also due for a redesign. But I guess it works ok
> right now, so maybe the redesign should wait until after the
> release. I think the design should be a flat Makefile
> (i.e. non-recursive), it also seems the only way to go without
> building intermediary libraries. We can discuss this further after the
> release, it doesn't seem urgent.
> 
>   Johan

Yes, let's wait until after the release.

We could also try out Matt's Python-based build system or Scons or
something similar and see how it compares to Autotools.

/Anders