[petsc-dev] 'master' RESET after bad merge! - 'tisaac/thplex' was based on 'next'

[Jed Brown]

Barry Smith <bsmith at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
>> It's not _that_ simple to define precisely in terms of the DAG.
>
>   This hits the nail on the head!  The current git model is
>   incomplete/problematic if it cannot handle such a simple and
>   extremely important thing as “prevent some j-a- from f-ing up the
>   master repository”.

I don't think adding more semantics (complication) to the data model
will solve anything.  Why can't PETSc just always solve the problem in
the fastest way without all the complicated options for people to mess
up?  Why do cars let themselves crash into other cars?
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