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[Johannes Ring <johannr@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:36:06AM +0100, Johannes Ring wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 10:45:09PM +0000, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Anders Logg wrote:
>> >> > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:27:07AM +0000, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Anders Logg wrote:
>> >> >>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:18:19AM +0100, Anders Logg wrote:
>> >> >>>> Here's an update on the status for getting packages ready for
>> >> >>>> inclusion in the next Ubuntu LTS release.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> 1. Johannes needs all releases to be ready by Monday. That will give
>> >> >>>> him a couple of days to prepare the packages.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Which releases do we want to make? There have been JIT compiler fixes
>> >> >>>> in FFC and UFL that would be good to get in, and also updates in
>> >> >>>> DOLFIN.
>> >> >>> As far as I can see, we are ready to make the following releases:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>   UFL    0.5.2
>> >> >>>   FErari 0.2.0
>> >> >>>   FFC    0.9.1
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I can just push the button on these if no one has anything to add.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> The following remains:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>   Instant 0.9.8: Why is the buildbot failing?
>> >> >>>   DOLFIN  0.9.7: SCOTCH problems
>> >> >>>
>> >> >> DOLFIN should be straightened out today. There are no problems per se,
>> >> >> just the efficiency needs to be improved. I've done this for one
>> >> >> function, and just now need to do it for another.
>> >> >
>> >> > Everything except DOLFIN should be ready for release now. It's
>> >> > currently failing on the buildbot with
>> >> >
>> >> >   In file included from dolfin/fem/DofMap.cpp:24:
>> >> >   dolfin/fem/DofMapBuilder.h:13:35: error: boost/unordered_set.hpp: No
>> >> >   such file or directory
>> >> >   In file included from dolfin/fem/DofMap.cpp:24:
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Where is Boost installed on the buildbot?
>> >
>> > Don't know but I assume it's the regular Debian/Ubuntu packages.
>> >
>> > Johannes knows.
>>
>> Yes, it's the Ubuntu packages, however, the file
>> boost/unordered_set.hpp is not in the Boost packages on Hardy
>> (linux64-exp is also currently Hardy). If a newer version of Boost is
>> required I guess we should drop support for Hardy and upgrade the
>> buildbots.
>
> Yes, let's drop support for Hardy. It's close to two years old now and
> I think there's a very limited number of people still using Hardy.

Well, it is LTS and still a very good release. It is also used on
several computers at Simula, there among Bigblue.

> (Actually, I know of someone (@KVS), but his upgrade is long overdue...)

There is at least one more, me :-) (but my upgrade is long overdue...)

Johannes