On May 20, 2013, at 8:51 PM, Jed Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

> Barry Smith <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>>  And does this solve the Windows problem?
> 
> Not tested on Windows.  It might work with mingw, but mingw seems to be
> something that a packager uses to create binaries rather than something
> a user sets up.  I think we should normalize and namespace all the
> variables in $PETSC_ARCH/conf/petscvariables.  It's quite inconsistent
> now, so it's tricky to keep all build systems in sync.

   I'd rather see all that crap disappear and be replaced with a portable* 
python system.

   Barry

*where portable means works on native windows.


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