We’ve discussed over the past year consolidating FEniCS packages. The motivations are:
- Fewer packages for users to install - Less confusion over dependency versions - Simpler development and testing (fewer cross-package dependencies and package tests that depend on other packages) - Reduced burden of making releases (which will hopefully lead to more frequent releases) Now that the first FEniCS release from git/Bitbucket has been made, I suggest that we start evolving towards consolidation (rather than taking any radical steps). As a first step, I propose that we merge FFC and UFC into one package. This doesn’t mean that FFC and UFC are suddenly deeply linked, but that UFC becomes one of the implemented FFC targets (and at first, the only). Longer term, having backends/targets in FFC will make the addition of new generation targets easier to develop. Please respond with thoughts and opinions on merging FFC and UFC! Garth _______________________________________________ fenics mailing list [email protected] http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics
