[petsc-dev] removing sieve

[Blaise A Bourdin]

Can we keep it in 3.4 with a warning? I have a lot more work to do before I can switch to dmplex.

Blaise

On May 11, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Jed Brown <jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov>
 wrote:

> Matt, I take it that you intend for this removal to be merged for
> petsc-3.4 so that users are not distracted by something we aren't
> supporting.  An alternative would be to add a #warning to petscdmmesh.h.
> 
> If we are deleting it from petsc-3.4, there are a few files that can
> have more stuff deleted:
> 
> $ git grep -l 'ALE::'                                                                                                                           
> bin/processSummary.py
> config/PETSc/FEM.py
> src/dm/impls/plex/plexfem.c
> src/docs/doxygen/Doxyfile
> src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex72.c
> 
> 
> We can delete the sieve-dev mailing list and reference to it.
> 
> src/docs/website/miscellaneous/mailing-lists.html:          <td>: For Sieve users</td>
> 
> 
> Update the FAQ to recommend DMPlex.
> 
> src/docs/website/documentation/faq.html:          use the Sieve construct in PETSc, this is a high
> 
> Remove src/docs/tex/manual/sieve.tex
> 
> 
> Sieve is also referenced from src/docs/strategy.tex, which is an
> outdated personal fragment that should probably also be deleted.
> 

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