On Jun 8, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Barry Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Delaying the release is unlikely to get that I/O “fixed” faster so I don’t > want to block on it. > > If the “fixes” for the I/O don’t require current API changes (but could > require some new functions) then it is reasonable to include them as in a > “patch” release so it need not wait for a full release. If the I/O requires > total restructuring then I guess you stuck working off master for the new I/O > until the next release. > > We’ve been over a year since a release which is too long.
That’s fair. As a matter of fact, if the releases are not as far apart, skipping one is not a big deal. Blaise > > Barry > > On Jun 8, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Blaise A Bourdin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I hate to be the party pooper, especially when I don’t have code to >> contribute, but I/O with DMComplex is still far from release ready. Is it >> reasonable that having functional I/O in a stable release is going to wait >> until 3.6? >> >> I still can’t figure out how to deal with cell sets of different types (say >> quads and tri). >> All cell and vertex sets seem to be contained in the hdf5 file, but not in a >> way that is usable by post processing tools (visit, paraview, ensight). >> The xdmf generation script bin/pythonscripts/petsc_gen_xdmf.py is quite >> fragile. >> >> I understand that it is probably too late to get this fixed and tested in >> 3.5. What is the best course of action? >> >> Blaise >> >>> >>> We’ll be making a PETSc release in a few days so please get anything you >>> need into next for testing and movement over to master. >>> >>> Barry >>> >>> Tentative plan for release Wed June 11 >>> >> >> -- >> Department of Mathematics and Center for Computation & Technology >> Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA >> Tel. +1 (225) 578 1612, Fax +1 (225) 578 4276 >> http://www.math.lsu.edu/~bourdin >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- Department of Mathematics and Center for Computation & Technology Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA Tel. +1 (225) 578 1612, Fax +1 (225) 578 4276 http://www.math.lsu.edu/~bourdin
