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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 08:35:23AM +0000, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>
>
> 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.

If it's very important to you, could you help out with the design and
implementation of RestrictedElement. There seems to be some confusion
about what it should actually do. I still don't understand it.

--
Anders


> 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.
> >
>
>

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