On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 07:46:03AM -0800, Ralph Castain wrote:
> The issue in 1.7 is all the cross-integration, which means we violate our 
> normal behavior when it comes to no-building and user-directed component 
> selection. Jeff and I just discussed how this could be resolved using the 
> PML-BTL model, but (a) that is not what we have in 1.7, and (b) it isn't 
> clear to me how hard it will be to do, and when it might be ready.
> 
> However, we don't have the problem of incorrect results that we do in the 
> trunk, so we do have a little more latitude.
> 
> So the situation with respect to 1.7 is pretty clear: if we can get a PML-BTL 
> model in place within the next week, then we can let things continue as-is. 
> If we can't, then we remove the coll/ml component and the bcol framework from 
> 1.7, leaving the door open to reinstatement whenever the code is actually 
> ready.

Should be ready today. The use of that coll/ml structure is unnecessary
at this time. I am removing it in bcol right now. In the future we will
put in a better fix but this should work for 1.7.x/1.8.x.

-Nathan

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