[petsc-dev] Reminder: *every* symbol with extern linkage *must* be namespaced

Satish Balay balay at mcs.anl.gov
Mon Mar 19 09:56:27 CDT 2012


On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Matthew Knepley wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 16:04, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>  It should be done as a --download-tetgen
> >>>
> >>>  I don't want that --with-gnu-copyright approach reintroduced.
> >>
> >>
> >> 1) I already fixed these symbols hours ago. Pull your fucking repository.
> >>
> >> 2) Turn it on with a download option. I don't give a shit.
> >>
> >
> > This has nothing to do with namespaces, it has to do with software
> > licenses. You just included a bunch of source that has a license which is
> > far more restrictive than the PETSc license. You can't do that (while
> > keeping the PETSc license) without making its use optional. Barry wants
> > that done via an external package instead of an option within the PETSc
> > source tree.
> >
> 
> It does not fucking matter whether its there to begin with or you download
> it into the tree with HTTP, and since I
> am maintaining it, I want it there to begin with.

I think it matters. When the user uses --download-package - he is
explicitly requesting the package - and can aussme the licence is
different.

On the other hand - if you've are in a position to change its license
[to the part thats in petsc] to be same as petsc license - then its
fine.

BTW:
libfast in: /home/balay/spetsc/src/dm/impls/complex
complex.c: In function ‘DMComplexGenerate_CTetgen’:
complex.c:4128:65: warning: variable ‘face’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
ctetgen.c: In function ‘TetGenMeshBTreeSort’:
ctetgen.c:10050:20: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
ctetgen.c:10070:21: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
ctetgen.c: In function ‘TetGenMeshFindDirection2’:
ctetgen.c:13153:49: warning: variable ‘cop’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
ctetgen.c: In function ‘TetGenMeshConstrainedFacets’:
ctetgen.c:15042:22: warning: variable ‘delaunayflag’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
ctetgen.c: In function ‘TetGenMeshConstrainedFacets2’:
ctetgen.c:15340:22: warning: variable ‘delaunayflag’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
ctetgen.c: In function ‘TetGenMeshRepairEncSubs’:
ctetgen.c:18617:8: warning: variable ‘oldptnum’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
ctetgen.c: In function ‘TetGenMeshOptimize’:
ctetgen.c:19734:18: warning: variable ‘maxdihed’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
ctetgen.c: At top level:
ctetgen.c:2026:23: warning: ‘ListHasItem’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
libfast in: /home/balay/spetsc/src/dm/impls/complex/ftn-auto
libfast in: /home/balay/spetsc/src/dm/impls/shell


Satish


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