On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Barry Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> > PETSc users and developers, > > For your information. Please comment if you have suggestions for > improvement. > I see the IDEAS money was spent on an extra house for someone, and then they wrote up a webpage about using autoconf and CMake. Matt > Barry > > > > > From: Michael A Heroux <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 2:53 PM > To: Trilinos Users <[email protected]> > Subject: IDEAS Project xSDK documents open for comment > > Dear Trilinos Users, > > The IDEAS Scientific SW Developer Productivity project is focused on > specific activities intended to enhance developer productivity. One major > deliverable for the project is an Extreme-scale Scientific SW Developer Kit > (xSDK), which is a collection of policies, tools and interoperability > layers on top of widely used libraries. In early 2016, we will release the > first version of the xSDK, which will encompass the hypre, PETSc, SuperLU > and Trilinos libraries. > > Although each of these libraries will continue with their own independent > development and distribution efforts, the IDEAS xSDK will provide common > configure, build capabilities, the first phase of increased > interoperability between the libraries, and explicit policies for expected > practices across all libraries. These enhancements should help users work > more easily with all of these libraries in combination. > > In preparation for the first xSDK release, we have two draft documents > (package compliance standards and standard configure/CMake options) open > for community comment. > > These documents are available from the IDEAS Project website: > https://ideas-productivity.org/resources/xsdk-docs/ > > We would value your comments on these documents over the next few weeks. > > For general information about the IDEAS Project, please visit the main > webpage: https://ideas-productivity.org > > Thanks. > > Mike > > > -- What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. -- Norbert Wiener
