PETSC_ARCH variable --> PETSC_CONF

[Barry Smith]

    I guess the argument is that on occasion in the future a certain  
number of people will misinterpret the meaning of PETSC_ARCH  
frustrating them and us; the number misinterpreting PETSC_CONF will be  
much smaller or zero saving people's time and energy.

    Barry

On Nov 30, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Matthew Knepley wrote:

> I see the point, but this is one of the oldest parts of PETSc, and I  
> am hesitant to change one
> arbitrary name to another without a more convincing reason.
>
>    Matt
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov>  
> wrote:
>
>   Lisandro has pointed out to me several times that the variable  
> name PETSC_ARCH can be confusing; some people may think it is  
> related to the architecture of the machine and don't understand that  
> it is an arbitrary name that the user can make up. He suggested  
> changing it to PETSC_CONF to be clearer.
>
>   Should we change it? Use something else?
>
>     Barry
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their  
> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which  
> their experiments lead.
> -- Norbert Wiener