Re: [Users] use of NO_ALLOCATION in simfactory machine definition files

2016-09-21 Thread Frank Loeffler
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 12:58:27PM -0400, Erik Schnetter wrote: This looks like a good idea. We might need to update the MDB definition as well to make this key either required or optional (don't know which is better). That is a good thought. Not every machine requires an allocation name. If

Re: [Users] use of NO_ALLOCATION in simfactory machine definition files

2016-09-21 Thread Frank Loeffler
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 11:51:08AM -0500, Roland Haas wrote: I would like to remove the allocation = NO_ALLOCATION lines from simfactory's machine definition files. I think this is fine, as long as simfactory aborts if none was set. This would a nice improvement. Frank signature.asc

Re: [Users] use of NO_ALLOCATION in simfactory machine definition files

2016-09-18 Thread Erik Schnetter
Roland NO_ALLOCATION was introduced for backward compatibility. Initially, most Simfactory users used the same allocation (LSU numrel group), and we entered this into the MDB. Later this was not a good default any more, so we replaced it with something "neutral". This looks like a good idea. We