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["Johan Hoffman" <jhoffman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 11:03:30AM +0200, Johan Hoffman wrote:
>> > I don't mind cG(1), but this sounds like dolfin-modules with a
>> > restriction (only cG(1) + stabilization allowed). Why not have a
>> > repository dolfin-modules that may include also other modules?
>>
>> Think of it more as the automation of modelling in the FEniCS visison.
>> The
>> basis being a simple and general method (such as cG(1) with adaptivity).
>> The generality here is with respect to possible applications, not to the
>> number of numerical methods covered.
>>
>> > If not, then where should we put those modules? As a separate project
>> > (dolfin-modules-but-not-cg1-with-stabilization) or should we have
>> > a separate project for each module?
>>
>> Since it does not seem that anyone is interested in maintaining a
>> general
>> collection of solvers,
>
> I was hoping one of you would be willing to maintain the modules, not
> just your own module.

Apart from our modules there are mainly a few simple modules for Poisson
and Heat equation, that rather should be demos in Dolfin, together with
Garths plasticity solver. And I have not got any indication that
publication of many more modules is under way.

Also, I think we were of the opinion that such dolfin_modules should be
rather clean, which will not be the case of these modules where still a
lot of work is going on.

>> I think the best way is to do as we discussed on the dolfin-dev list
>> to have a dolfin-modules web-page under Dolfin with links to modules
>> by individual developers or homepages of groups that publish Dolfin
>> modules. This is important for visibility of Dolfin I think.
>>
>> /Johan
>
> Will your module then be one of those modules or will it be something
> different?

Of course, it will be one of these modules. So from the Dolfin point of
view this will be just another set of solvers, but it will also be a
project towards automation of modelling, with feedback into Dolfin of
general functionality.

If successful I expect it to boost interest for Dolfin. A variant to make
the connection more clear is to use the name "Dolfin Genereal Galerkin
solver", but I think "FEniCS" may be better since automation of modelling
is a general goal.

/Johan



> /Anders
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