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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:54:33PM +0200, Johan Hoffman wrote:
> > Hello fellow FEniCS hackers,
> >
> > We're currently considering launching a new FEniCS project called
> >
> > 'FEniCS-Apps'
> >
> > The idea of this project would be to establish a community of
> > developers that use FEniCS software for larger applications. These
> > applications would then be hosted as individual sub-projects under
> > 'FEniCS-Apps'. The aim is to enable developers to share code, ideas
> > and best practices when using other FEniCS projects like FFC and
> > DOLFIN.
> >
> > Two examples of projects that could be hosted by 'FEniCS-Apps', that
> > we have developed, are:
> >
> >
> > dolfin-grade2:  a library for solving non-Newtonian fluid problems
> > using the grade-two fluid model
> >
> > fenics-plasticity:  a library that implements different plastic models
> > and a framework for solving problems using these models.
> >
> >
> > We have set up a few things to show how our idea would work, that you
> > might check out.
> >
> > * a page on the wiki (http://www.fenics.org/wiki/FEniCS_Apps)
> > * a hg repository (http://www.fenics.org/apps/)
> > * a mailing list (http://fenics.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics-apps)
> >
> > Please let us know your opinion on the matter and any suggestions you may
> > have.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Andy R. Terrel
> > Kristian B. Ølgaard
> 
> Andy and Kristian,
> 
> I think this is a good idea, which has previously been discussed at this
> list. At that time I believe the main hesitation was connected to have
> someone volunteer to administrate such a project.

I also think this looks good!

> I think it is good to have a fenics-forum for application oriented
> developers that can interact with the developers of the basic tools.
> 
> All the best,
> Johan

Should Unicorn be moved into FEniCS Apps? Is it still active?

-- 
Anders

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