On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Lisandro Dalcin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dalcinl@gmail.com">dalcinl@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 17 February 2010 12:00, Matthew Knepley <<a href="mailto:knepley@gmail.com">knepley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I am for a separate mpiuni that get downloaded. I think this makes more<br>
> sense with<br>
> our other packages concepts, and is more modular. We can reuse so much more<br>
> of<br>
> configure as well.<br>
<br>
</div>I still fail to see the pros of having a separate mpiuni.<br>
<br>
I think you have to put on user's side when taking a decision about<br>
this. Are FINAL USERS going to have any benefits for having mpiuni as<br>
a separate download and having to pass a separate library in when<br>
invoking the linker? If a user wants no-MPI, Is there any other<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>They do not pass anything. The beauty of the Petsc build.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
fake-mpi alternative supported in PETSc? If the answer is no, so then<br>
why bother people with a separate download?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>They do not even have to download it. They specify the same option as before.</div><div>From a user perspective, it does not change. From a Petsc and library developer,</div>
<div>it is better.</div><div><br></div><div> Matt</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div class="h5">
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