[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] building package with different libs

[Steve M. Robbins]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 08:05:28AM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote:

> Manuel, you mentioned getting OpenMPI to work on all arches as your top
> priority; what's your expected timeframe?  I know, "when it's ready" or
> "real soon now".  But if this will happen in plenty of time for packages
> to transition before squeeze, then there's no point in doing
> mpi-defaults.

If I may, I'd like to suggest mpi-defaults go ahead despite
good intentions that OpenMPI be ready before squeeze.  

That way, maintainers of MPI-using packages (e.g. me) don't have to
deal with the mess from today until the day OpenMPI becomes the
defacto default.  If that day arrives before squeeze: no problem,
mpi-defaults can just disappear.  

In the meanwhile, it serves a need.  To answer Manuel Prinz's
question: *my* goal is only to build mpi-using packages with some
default MPI, not with all flavours of MPI. 

Thanks,
-Steve

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