[petsc-dev] Runtime errors for spooles on BlueGene/Q

[Barry Smith]

On Sep 9, 2012, at 9:00 AM, Aron Ahmadia <aron.ahmadia at kaust.edu.sa> wrote:

>> We can apply this patch, but do you really find Spooles useful? It has not
>> been maintained in a long time.
>> 
> 
> I think that the PETSc project has unofficially been maintaining
> Spooles.  If PETSc stops maintaining it, then it might be time to stop
> offering the download option for the project or at least deprecating
> it.
> 
    I think it is time to remove PETSc support for Spools since it is not supported and appears to violate MPI standards that mater on some MPI systems.

    Barry

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