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["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

Anders Logg wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:26:32AM +0000, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>>
>> Anders Logg wrote:
>>> There seem to be just a couple of issues remaining in order of importance:
>>>
>>> 1. QuadratureElement
>>>
>>> 2. DOLFIN fem unit test
>>>
>>> 3. evaluate_basis_derivatives
>>>
>>> 4. RestrictedElement
>>>
>>> Among these, I would say 1-2 are crucial to fix before 0.9.0,
>>> but 3-4 are less crucial.
>>>
>> Both 3 and 4 are crucial for me..
> 
> I know, but I expect you are part of category (i) below, a limited
> number of users who are running bzr tip anyway. :-)
> 

Not exactly, because I share some solvers which require this
functionality with less adventurous collaborators who do use the packages.

Garth

>> I think that it's all being rushed. With the major re-write of FFC it
>> should be given some time for user testing. I would be amazed if my
>> various solvers do not show up bugs.
> 
> Yes, it's being rushed, but there is time to release bug fixes.
> 
> To me, the minimum requirement is that we pass the regression tests in
> FFC (perhaps except for evaluate_basis_derivatives and
> ElementRestriction) and that we can compile and run all the DOLFIN
> demos without problems. That should be enough for 0.9.0.
> 
> Even so, I'm not sure we will be able to manage to do that in time.
> We should settle on something before lunch today. If we decide not to
> press on with the release, we should take a good look at which
> versions are currently packaged and see if those packages are in good
> shape since those will go into the next Ubuntu LTS.
> 
> --
> Anders