On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:06:34 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > This raises an interesting question: if we package mpich2, couldn't we > drop mpich(1) and LAM from Debian? Are there cases where it's more > interesting to use mpich v1 or LAM than mpich2 or OpenMPI? yes, there are many scientific tools that are mpich1-only, so debian should continue to support both versions for as long as it is feasible. regards, mike