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["Andy Ray Terrel" <aterrel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Johan Hoffman <jhoffman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 09:11:02AM +0200, Johan Hoffman wrote:
>>> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:46:11PM +0200, Johan Jansson wrote:
>>> >> Anders Logg wrote:
>>> >> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:14:50PM +0200, Johan Hoffman wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> Yes, this is natural. I am all in favour of including Unicorn
>>> among
>>> >> the
>>> >> >> fenics-apps, as you describe.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The only difference would then be that the repository for Unicorn
>>> is
>>> >> > under
>>> >> >
>>> >> >   fenics.org/hg/unicorn
>>> >> >
>>> >> > instead of
>>> >> >
>>> >> >   fenics.org/apps/unicorn
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> But at the same time, I also think it is
>>> >> >> important to keep Unicorn as a FEniCS project in itself, since it
>>> is
>>> >> the
>>> >> >> only project aiming at realizing the FEniCS vision in the
>>> direction
>>> >> of
>>> >> >> mathematical modeling (turbulent/laminar
>>> compressible/incompressible
>>> >> flow,
>>> >> >> fsi, etc. as one solver).
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> /Johan
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I don't agree. I also want to do all those things, but as part of
>>> >> DOLFIN.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> Hi!
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm very positive about FEniCS Apps, and I think that Unicorn should
>>> be
>>> >> included as well.
>>> >
>>> > Good. Note that being part of FEniCS Apps is not the same thing as not
>>> > being a project. Everything inq FEniCS Apps is a project. The point as
>>> > I see it is to collect application-oriented projects (applications)
>>> > and put up an infrastructure that allows us to add new projects at
>>> > high speed with minimal resistance. If Unicorn is placed under FEniCS
>>> > Apps, it would still be a project, still have a web page, still have
>>> > its own repository etc, just like DOLFIN-grade2 and FEniCS Plasticity.
>>>
>>> Good. But then I think that essentially we are all on the same page.
>>
>> Finally. So do you want to move Unicorn into FEniCS Apps? The change
>> would be to
>>
>>  (i)   Move the repository from /hg to /apps (I just need to change one
>> symlink)
>>  (ii)  List it on the FEniCS Apps web page
>>  (iii) Edit the front page
>>
>> My suggestion would be to edit the front page to list first "core
>> components" and then FEniCS Apps (or the other way around).
>>
>> Does this sound good?
>>
>> --
>> Anders
>
> This sounds good, to me.
>
> /Johan
>
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Sounds like everyone wants UNICORN to be part of FEniCS Apps.  I'll
put the pointers for it up on the wiki and rearrange the mercurial
repositories as previously mentioned.  It's good to have another
project on board (even if it is just moving a project around).

-- Andy