Anders Logg wrote: > Simula has never made an open release of software depending on DOLFIN. > > Ola can probably say something more about this. > > Ok. >>> Depending on what state the code is in when someone asks for a >>> release, it may take from just a day to a couple of weeks to get a >>> release ready. So if you just ask for a release earlier (like a couple >>> of weeks before you need it), then it shouldn't be a problem. >>> >>> The dolfin-incremental thing looks like it complicates things. An >>> alternative would be to make automatic daily snapshots so you can >>> depend on dolfin-2008-01-16 for example. >>> >>> >> I don't think it's practical to depend on automatic snapshots, you would >> have to time your commands to some daily or hourly script, it seems a >> bit cumbersome. But sure, why not build on the snapshot system. When you >> want a persistent snapshot release, you run the snapshot script with a >> date tag. Or? >> > > You mean not making automatic snapshots but having a script that takes > a snapshot with version number = YYYY-MM-DD? > > That could work. We just need to add a directory > > http://www.fenics.org/pub/software/dolfin/snapshots > > and a simple script named makesnapshot (or similar) under scripts/ in > DOLFIN that runs the script and uploads. We can run this script > anytime at the request of anyone. > Ok good, this would probably be enough to satisfy everyone. >>> On a related note, can we remove dolfin-stable and >>> dolfin-testing? They haven't been updated for 6 months >>> >> I think we should have a working system in place before we remove old >> systems. But they can be removed if we have a usable alternative. >> > > But is anyone using them? They don't seem to be maintained No, they haven't been used lately. We've had a dolfin-kth repository which has filled the function of dolfin-testing for the "unicorn-kth" repository. But rather than extending such a setup to the FEniCS unicorn repository, I think it's a better idea to develop against frequent snapshot releases. So let's try that and remove dolfin-testing and dolfin-stable.
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