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[Ola Skavhaug <skavhaug@xxxxxxxxx>]

Johan Jansson skrev den 16/01-2008 følgende:
> Ola Skavhaug wrote:
>> Johan Jansson skrev den 16/01-2008 følgende:
>>   
>>> Anders Logg wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Release early and often is a good thing. There just hasn't been much
>>>> pressure to get a release out for a while (probably since most
>>>> users/developers use the hg version anyway).
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Do open projects which use DOLFIN make releases which rely on the hg 
>>> version? Could someone from such a project comment on what they do? What 
>>> does Simula do when they make a release of open software which relies on 
>>> DOLFIN?
>>>     
>>
>> We don't. Our open software does not, to my knowledge, depend on DOLFIN.
>> Instead we are merging our software _with_ DOLFIN. I.e., we are removing 
>> much
>> of our code base (where DOLFIN has good alternatives), inheriting from 
>> DOLFIN
>> where appropriate, and contributing to the DOLFIN development in order to
>> influence it, such that we can solve our problems using DOLFIN(/PyCC). The
>> release cycle problem is, however, from Simula's point of view, best 
>> solved by
>> us contributing to the development of DOLFIN to speed up the releases
>> (especially before releases).
>>
>> Ola
>>   
> Ok, that's good that you're merging software with DOLFIN.
>
> What's your plan for higher-level software (like equation-specific solvers, 
> PyCC) which depend on DOLFIN, will the solvers be open projects?

Yes, the PDE software from Simula will be open source.

Ola

> And are there any other open projects which use DOLFIN? Or is Unicorn the 
> only one right now?
>
>  Johan
>