[petsc-dev] Q/A: submiminor on PETSc

[Satish Balay]

i.e - for bug fix updates - previously we used the notation:

petsc-3.3-p4

Now the new notation for the same is:

petsc-3.3.4

we switched from incrementing PETSC_VERSION_PATCH to incrementing PETSC_VERSION_SUBMINOR

Satish

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013, Barry Smith wrote:

> 
>    Toby,
> 
>     We've tried to come around to the "community standard" with the sub minor numbering. It represents bug fixes from previous sub minors but NO API changes. Users should be able to switch to a higher sub minor without any changes to their code. 
> 
>     Barry
> 
> On Jul 31, 2013, at 6:03 AM, "Toby D. Young" <tyoung at ippt.pan.pl> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > I have been out of the loop for around-about-a-half-a-year by now, so
> > please forgive me while I catch up and get back on track.
> > 
> > What is the deal with PETSc's subminor version these days?
> > 
> > I recall a discussion ages ago, which I do not want to restart because I
> > do not care *that* much. I recall that subminor was for all purposes
> > dropped. (No?)
> > 
> > I recently updated petsc-dev to discover it has 3.4.2 version number.
> > Where did the "2" come from in petsc-dev and what does it mean to users?
> > I completely missed "0" and "1" somehow, but like I said, I've been out of
> > the loop...
> > 
> > Best regs,
> > 	Toby
> > 
> > 
> > ------
> > 
> > Toby D. Young
> > Assistant Professor
> > 
> > Division of Computational Method
> > Institute of Fundamental Technological Research
> > of the Polish Academy of Sciences
> > ul Pawinskiego 5b
> > 02-106 Warsaw
> > Poland
> > 
> > www: http://www.ippt.pan.pl/~tyoung
> > 
> > Session on grid-based quantum many-body theory:
> > http://www.ippt.pan.pl/~tyoung/icnaam.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
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