[petsc-users] petsc cmake config - BUILD_SHARED_LIBS

[Barry Smith]

> On Oct 13, 2015, at 1:15 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Arne Morten Kvarving <Arne.Morten.Kvarving at sintef.no> wrote:
> > No, some things are actually better than other things. This is why its engineering and not art appreciation.
> 
> let me rephrase that. it depends on your position. i'm sure you have sound, technical reasons for reinventing the wheel. but from a user's point of view that sucks, because now i have to learn how to operate (or more relevant; change) a new wheel. with cmake or automake, it is (well, ideally) learn once, apply everywhere. with custom solutions, you get to spend time learning stuff all over again, stuff which cannot be reapplied elsewhere. 
> 
> ref the thing here that happened with my misunderstanding of the purpose of that config file. whenever i see a <Package>Config.cmake it is the cmake config mode file for <Package>. it did not occur to me that it could be anything else, because i have never seen it be anything else in any other pieces of software.
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> Yes, we need to change the name of that. Its very confusing and no longer used.

   Satish,

    Can you please change the name of this file so it doesn't cause confusion in the future.  Put something in the name to clearly indicate it is not a <Package>Config.cmake for people to use. Perhaps DoNotUseThisInternalToPetscOnlyConfig.cmake


   Thanks

    Barry

> 
> We tried very hard to use CMake, but it was woefully inadequate. We wrote a long and detailed analysis
> of the shortcomings, posted it to the PETSc list, and set it to the developers. Nothing has been fixed, and
> thus we have moved on.
> 
>    Matt
>  
> not trying to pick a fight. just clarifying what i meant.
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