[petsc-dev] PETSc developers who use weird MPI

[Satish Balay]

On Fri, 1 Nov 2013, Barry Smith wrote:

> > 
> > The fix is to merge latest 'prbrune/sf-sfbasicops' in the same pathway it got into 'barry/saws’
> 
>    Thanks. That will likely fix the problem.
> 
>    I made the mistake of believing “it is ok to have some branch hang around unmerged with master etc for several months” myth
> 

This mode works better when there are no dependencies between multiple
branches.

If there are dependencies like 'prbrune/sf-sfbasicops ->
prbrune/mat-matcolor -> barry/saws ' we need extra effort to keep
track of these paths - and make sure the fixes - if any - get
propogated the same way. [and then - these branches can hang arround
for a long time]

[I guess these are the costs of having cleaner retraceable history and
stabler master branch.]...

Satish