[petsc-dev] circular dependencies SLEPc

[Jed Brown]

Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> writes:

>> You can implement and register a PC in SLEPc (it would go in libslepc.so).
>>
>
> I think this is the bad workflow solution. What Barry suggested will work
> and be MUCH easier for a developer. Isn't
> the point of our tools to make our lives easier, not to enforce rules that
> make them harder?

Circular dependencies with a special build process is an enormous
development and distribution tax.