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Re: Updating mpi-defaults



On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 11:21 -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 08:49:52AM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> 
> > <soapbox>
> > Speaking of which, this is holding up the OpenCASCADE 6.5.0 transition,
> > and HDF5 is broken an LAM affecting at least gmsh and petsc (and almost
> > certainly salome when we get our act together on that package), so IMO
> > it would be really helpful to [finally] get some movement on the LAM to
> > MPICH2 change in mpi-defaults.  Can we please try to do this sooner
> > rather than later?
> > 
> > I notice nobody responded to my last email about this [6], and if we
> > just sit and wait for Godot to fix OpenMPI on the other arches, then
> > wheezy will release with this awful mess still in Debian, as just
> > happened with squeeze.
> > 
> > LAM Delenda Est!!
> > </soapbox>
> 
> I agree with you that we should switch from LAM to MPICH2 in
> mpi-defaults now.  In fact, bug #555653 requesting this change
> was marked confirmed and pending over a year ago!
> 
> This message is reaching all the listed maintainers of mpi-defaults.
> I'd suggest one of you go ahead and make the upload!  (If you prefer,
> I can do it)

And here's another reason to switch: MPICH2 builds on HURD, LAM doesn't,
so the entire MPI reverse-depends chain is held up on HURD until we make
this change.

Remind me, what are the reasons to wait?

> > [6] http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2011/04/msg00023.html

LAM Delenda Est!!

-Adam
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