[petsc-dev] -pc_factor_drop_tolerance

Hong Zhang hzhang at mcs.anl.gov
Mon Mar 22 17:04:50 CDT 2010


Jed:

> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:56:18 -0500, Hong Zhang <hzhang at mcs.anl.gov>  
> wrote:
>> Petsc ILUDT requires further work - both algorithmic correctness
>> and performance optimization. Current status is not ready for
>> users yet.
>>
>> Shall we take these options off until it is ready?
>
> My preference would be to strip it from the user's manual and either
> deactivate the manual page or (less desirable) state upfront that it's
> experimental/unfinished.  Then either remove -pc_factor_drop_tolerance
> from -help (by using PetscOptionsGetRealArray) or note "unfinished" in
> the doc string, also with a preference for the former so the user
> doesn't have to filter it out each time they run with -help.

I'll strip it from the user's manual and runtime options.
Hong





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