Barry Smith <[email protected]> writes: > Is it really crucial that all the packages that depend on PETSc > have to make their releases exactly when PETSc makes a release?
Definitely not. They make releases when it works for them, or not (some projects don't make releases). The point is that they have a chance to test their development branch with PETSc's RC (i.e., 'master' during feature freeze). Yeah, they could test any time, but if new features that they don't know/care about are continually coming into PETSc, there is no motivation to test now versus next week or next month. And I realize most probably won't pay attention, but I think the odds of checking an RC is much higher for people that have contributed to PETSc.
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