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Re: New proposed project: FEniCS Apps

 

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:35:23AM +0200, Andy Ray Terrel wrote:
> 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?
> >>
> >
> > 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

I've updated the front page.

-- 
Anders

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