Would it be possible to include a precompiled version into the ppa install? Just for the convenience installation or a quick install.
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Anders Logg <anders.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agree! > > -- > Anders > > > fre 11 sep. 2015 kl 10:11 skrev Garth N. Wells <gn...@cam.ac.uk>: >> >> I would like to propose that we switch to DOLFIN supporting PETSc 3.6 >> only. Martin has just reported a number of bugs that in all likelihood are >> due to bugs in the Ubuntu/Debian PETSc 3.4 package, or in old versions of >> PETSc dependencies. Finding work-arounds for these is not a good use of >> anyone's time. >> >> A consequence of bumping the PETSc version is that the Debian/Ubuntu >> packages would no longer be configured with PETSc. This isn't such a big >> deal since: >> >> 1. I understand that the Debian/Ubuntu PETSc package is without a >> maintainer, so is likely to disappear at some point; >> 2. Anyone who needs PETSc should be using a supported version of PETSc, >> which at present means building it themselves; >> 3. PETSc is for performance and parallel simulations, in which case it >> should be configured for the machine it's used on; and >> 4. With the fallback of EIgen for linear algebra, a DOLFIN package without >> PETSc would still be fast in serial and a wide range of linear solvers are >> available. >> >> Garth > > > _______________________________________________ > fenics mailing list > fenics@fenicsproject.org > http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics > _______________________________________________ fenics mailing list fenics@fenicsproject.org http://fenicsproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fenics
