[petsc-dev] All petsc-dev users will need to do a reclone of petsc-dev on Tuesday or later

[Barry Smith]

On Mar 11, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Hong Zhang <hzhang at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:

> No matter what new/better  model is being introduced, please also try
> to make the model
> as SIMPLE as possible.
> Below is what I learned from Jed this morning (correct me if I'm wrong):
> 
> 1. a stable branch of petsc-dev for users
> 2. a dynamic branch, e.g., named 'next', for group of internal petsc developers
> 3. private branch for individual project, e.g., I'm currently working
> on minresqlp with Terrya Choi.
> 
> For this model, I would appreciate a clear, precise and SHORT
> instruction on how to do followings:
> 1. fork a private branch from the stable branch petsc-dev
> 2. pull/update private branch from stable branch
> 3. push private change to 'next'.
> 4. for nightly tests of private development, am I allowed to
> frequently push changes to 'next'?
> 5. how a project collaborator, e.g. Terrya  clone my private branch
> and work on it.

   Karl is working on these and hopefully we'll have draft versions soon. I cannot handle anything complicated so will make sure it is not complicated.

   Barry

> 
> All for now,
> 
> Hong
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Karl Rupp <rupp at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>> Hi Sean,
>> 
>>>>> Satish, please remove me from petsc-maint. Also, remove me from the
>>>>> 
>>>>> developers webpage. I have already purged petsc-dev from my system and
>>>>> won't be pushing anything else from now on.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Huh, why this? This is not forced change of religion...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Why should I bother? Everyone will listen to Jed anyway. Sorry about the
>>> CUDA+cmake patches, by the way, those are gone now.
>> 
>> 
>> it will still be possible to work with Mercurial. The need for a new/better
>> development model was also based on stability issues repeatedly raised by
>> users at SIAM CSE, as you certainly remember.
>> The decision followed a technical evaluation of the workflow, not on a
>> 'Sean vs. Jed'-type of personal preference. Thus, you really should not take
>> this personal.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Karli
>>