ongoing slepc/petsc transition

[Anton Gladky]

> A new gmsh was just uploaded, not sure how it will affect things...

petsc is not in BD of the last 2 uploads of gmsh.
There is a FTBFS, requires fixing.

By the way, gmsh is now using oce instead of opencascade.

Anton



2012/2/13 Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct at debian.org>:
> Writing in with an update:
>
> On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 14:59 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>> Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct at debian.org> (26/01/2012):
>> > On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 00:51 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>> > > That means one “OK-able” package, one “oops-broken-for-a-long-while”
>> > > package, and several “unknown-status” packages. To keep everyone as
>> > > testing candidates until this transition is ready, maybe re-uploading
>> > > petsc 3.1 would do the trick? (Either with an epoch or with the
>> > > 3.2-is-really-3.1-like dirty version.) This way, all packages can stay
>> > > in testing and be updated through unstable w/o having to be entangled?
>> >
>> > I think we're closer than that, we've been active for the past couple of
>> > weeks to make this happen.  The only unknown at this point is feel++.
>> > Stuff to do looks like:
>> >       * Upload a new petsc to fix some bugs (me, probably today)
>> >       * Upload a new slepc with a tiny patch to add a header file (me,
>> >         probably today)
>> >       * Upload mpich2 from alioth to fix an RC bug (me, today or
>> >         tomorrow)
>> >       * Update to deal.II 7.1.0 (me, within a week)
>> >       * Patch gmsh to work with petsc/slepc 3.2 (Christophe Trophime
>> >         with my help, probably within a week)
>> >       * Update DOLFIN (Johannes Ring, within a week)
>> >       * Test/update feel++ (?? If nobody else I'll take a stab at it)
>>
>> Only in unstable anyway, so it can migrate later AFAICT.
>>
>> >       * Remove illuminator from testing (release team)
>>
>> dak rm seems happy with it, so it can be hinted out when the rest is
>> ready.
>>
>> >       * Close the RC bug against mpi-defaults (which is pointless anyway
>> >         because it transitioned just before I filed it, I'll do this
>> >         today)
>> >
>> > It looks like there's a clear path to success, and this can all happen
>> > within a week or two, then we can transition a bunch of stuff at once
>> > including HDF5.  Otherwise we're stuck trying to do two transitions
>> > which will take at least 4 weeks...
>>
>> This looks much better than my previous summary. :) And thanks for the
>> details.
>
> Of these packages (and some of their dependencies), hypre transitioned
> this past weekend.
>
> Ready to transition: mumps, petsc, slepc, hdf5 -- not sure why these
> didn't go into testing this past weekend, they should all be ready.
>
> Following later: elmerfem, deal.ii, feel++, dolfin, none of which is in
> testing now anyway, all are currently broken in some way.
>
> A new gmsh was just uploaded, not sure how it will affect things...
>
> Needs removal from testing: illuminator
>
> I think we're near the finish line...
>
> -Adam
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