Does anyone have an opinion on keeping or removing CGAL from DOLFIN?
Below are some pros and cons:
- CGAL makes DOLFIN slow to build and builds use a lot of memory.
- CGAL is unpredictable in throwing errors (predictable in that it will
throw cryptic errors, unpredictable when or with which compiler).
- CGAL is difficult to understand and the latest version has very
cryptic interface changes.
- Almost all of the random DOLFIN buildbot failures are due to CGAL mesh
generation failures.
+ CGAL provides mesh generation for a variety of simple shape
combinations (the DOLFIN interface to CGAL is not rich enough for
anything serious).
Garth
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