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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 11:29:59AM +0100, jjan@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 11:10:31AM +0100, Johan Hoffman wrote:
> >>> Sounds good to me.
> >>>
> >>> The stable branch will be available under dolfin-stable i guess
> >>> (Johan?).
> >>
> >> What do you mean?
> >>
> >> The new build system will be used for all branches, stable or not.
> >>
> >> /Anders
> >
> > Yes of course, but if the switch means that the build system will be
> > broken for 2 weeks, then the stable branch should provide an alternative
> > in the mean time. Right? That must be the idea of a dolfin-stable?
> >
> > /Johan
> >
> 
> I'm also very positive to the move to a new build system, Åsmund and Matt
> seem to be very capable of taking care of the strategy. But Johan H. has a
> point, I think we should release before the move. Then the release can be
> used as the dolfin-stable branch and applications developed against that.
> When the build system starts working again, we merge the branches and
> release again.

Sounds good.

The switch to the new build system is not immediate. It will take some
time to put things together and convert the current build system for DOLFIN.

> Is there anything left to do before the release?

Testing. Please try out all the demos, benchmarks, unit test etc.
Then we can make a release of DOLFIN + FFC (+FIAT?).

/Anders


>   Johan



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