Ola Skavhaug wrote:
> Johan Jansson skrev den 16/01-2008 følgende:
>   
>> Ola Skavhaug wrote:
>>     
>>> Johan Jansson skrev den 16/01-2008 følgende:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Anders Logg wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Release early and often is a good thing. There just hasn't been much
>>>>> pressure to get a release out for a while (probably since most
>>>>> users/developers use the hg version anyway).
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> Do open projects which use DOLFIN make releases which rely on the hg 
>>>> version? Could someone from such a project comment on what they do? What 
>>>> does Simula do when they make a release of open software which relies on 
>>>> DOLFIN?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> We don't. Our open software does not, to my knowledge, depend on DOLFIN.
>>> Instead we are merging our software _with_ DOLFIN. I.e., we are removing 
>>> much
>>> of our code base (where DOLFIN has good alternatives), inheriting from 
>>> DOLFIN
>>> where appropriate, and contributing to the DOLFIN development in order to
>>> influence it, such that we can solve our problems using DOLFIN(/PyCC). The
>>> release cycle problem is, however, from Simula's point of view, best 
>>> solved by
>>> us contributing to the development of DOLFIN to speed up the releases
>>> (especially before releases).
>>>
>>> Ola
>>>   
>>>       
>> Ok, that's good that you're merging software with DOLFIN.
>>
>> What's your plan for higher-level software (like equation-specific solvers, 
>> PyCC) which depend on DOLFIN, will the solvers be open projects?
>>     
>
> Yes, the PDE software from Simula will be open source.
>
> Ola
>
>   

Good!

  Johan
>> And are there any other open projects which use DOLFIN? Or is Unicorn the 
>> only one right now?
>>
>>  Johan
>>
>>     

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