<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> After our prediscussion on software tools for a discussion on future design plans for PETSc I have started to set up GitLab issues in the PETSc project to manage the discussion. They begin with <a href="https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/issues/643" class="">https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/issues/643</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Each has </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> the label petsc-future</div><div class=""> the milestone petsc-future</div><div class=""> and the name of its issue starts with Petsc-future. If you add new issues please use the same template for the introduction and add the label and milestones</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> My filter for email is: if from is <a href="mailto:gitlab@mg.gitlab.com" class="">gitlab@mg.gitlab.com</a> and subject contains "petsc | Petsc-future"</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> The goal of the initial discussions is to get broad and creative ideas on techniques to overcome current PETSc limitations. It is not bash or point out flaws in other suggestions (that comes later). So no idea is too crazy. Differential geometry? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Once we seem to have run out of fresh ideas on the issues we can move to phase two which will be a more critical analysis of the possibilities.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> I want to give the petsc-dev group the first stab at the issues and will make broader announcements in the next few days. I will also be updating the "rules" in <a href="https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/issues/643" class="">https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/issues/643</a> occasionally so keep an eye on them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Thanks for the idea of using issues and how to use them for the discussion, seems like a good choice.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Barry</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div></body></html>