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["Johan Hoffman" <jhoffman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 07:03:46PM +0100, Johan Hoffman wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 04:50:47PM +0100, Johan Jansson wrote:
>> >> Hi!
>> >>
>> >> Unicorn has now been updated against the DOLFIN 0.7.1 interface and
>> I'm
>> >> planning to start updating for release. The plan is to have a
>> >> synchronized release of FFC/DOLFIN/Unicorn to guarantee compatibility
>> of
>> >> the releases. Are there any objections for a release of DOLFIN and
>> FFC
>> >> in the next couple of days? I expect only minor issues to resolve
>> during
>> >> the synchronization, but there might be recent developments I've
>> missed,
>> >> so any comments are welcome.
>> >>
>> >> The Unicorn repository is here:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.fenics.org/hg/unicorn
>> >>
>> >> The project page is here:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.fenics.org/wiki/Unicorn
>> >>
>> >> and a mailing list has been created as unicorn-dev@xxxxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >>   Johan
>> >
>> > There are quite a few things to fix in both FFC and DOLFIN before a
>> > release.
>> >
>> > FFC:
>> >
>> > 1. Use FooTransformedSpace in FIAT to get correct function spaces on
>> > UFC reference element. This also requires making a new release of
>> > FIAT.
>> >
>> > 2. A few fixes are needed for the JIT compiler.
>> >
>> > 3. Get BDM, RT, BDFM, Nedelec working when using FIAT transformed
>> > spaces.
>> >
>> > 4. Maybe some fixes for quadrature elements. Kristian?
>> >
>> > DOLFIN:
>> >
>> > 1. Computation of parallel dof map.
>> >
>> > 2. Get parallel assembly working.
>> >
>> > 3. Finish the implementation of linear algebra factories (still some
>> > problems with circular dependencies).
>> >
>> > 4. Move to new scons-based build system.
>> >
>> > I think a best-case scenario is we can have these fixed by the end of
>> > January, possibly 1-2 weeks later. Maybe the scons-based build system
>> > can wait if it takes time to finish.
>> >
>>
>> It seems that the Unicorn release we are preparing for is not dependent
>> on
>> any of the points above, so maybe we can do a special release right now
>> without these improvements? (It could be a DOLFIN 0.7.1-1 etc. or
>> similar?)
>>
>> Then there could be a more substantial next release (e.g. DOLFIN 0.7.2)
>> with the points listed fixed.
>>
>> /JH
>
> There are quite a few new features that have been added since 0.7.1 so
> 0.7.1-1 is not suitable (it's not a bugfix release). And before making
> a new release, it would be good to finish all the things that are only
> half-working.
>
> Maybe you can take a snapshot of the current hg if it works for you
> and put the tarball on the unicorn page, something like
> dolfin-unicorn-x.y.z.tar.gz?
>
> --
> Anders
>

Ok. We'll think about what to do.

/Johan