PETSC_ARCH variable --> PETSC_CONF

[Matthew Knepley]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

>
>   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.
>

This will be far outweighed by the number of people complaining about such a
change. I agree with them.

  Matt


>   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
>>
>
>


-- 
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
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