From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9131 invoked by alias); 16 Sep 2009 00:43:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 9123 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Sep 2009 00:43:15 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from proofpoint1.lanl.gov (HELO proofpoint1.lanl.gov) (204.121.3.25) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:43:09 +0000 Received: from mailrelay1.lanl.gov (mailrelay1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.101]) by proofpoint1.lanl.gov (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8G0h7hR031207 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:43:07 -0600 Received: from alvie-mail.lanl.gov (alvie-mail.lanl.gov [128.165.4.110]) by mailrelay1.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE068165126 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:43:07 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by alvie-mail.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBABB7D009D for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:43:07 -0600 (MDT) X-NIE-2-Virus-Scanner: amavisd-new at alvie-mail.lanl.gov Received: from [130.55.124.157] (manticore.lanl.gov [130.55.124.157]) by alvie-mail.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA5277D009C for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:43:07 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: GSL 2.0 roadmap (one man's view) From: Gerard Jungman To: GSL Discuss Mailing List In-Reply-To: <87my5kvylm.wl%bjg@network-theory.co.uk> References: <48E25CA9.6080306@iki.fi> <490DE4BD.7070907@iki.fi> <497B00F6.2080400@iki.fi> <498727E5.6080407@iki.fi> <49AA9DB5.6030908@iki.fi> <49FB01D1.30000@iki.fi> <4A7ADFDC.9080408@iki.fi> <1251414774.23092.80.camel@manticore.lanl.gov> <1251414939.23092.82.camel@manticore.lanl.gov> <87my5kvylm.wl%bjg@network-theory.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:43:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1253061938.23092.945.camel@manticore.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2009-09-15_11:2009-09-01,2009-09-15,2009-09-15 signatures=0 Mailing-List: contact gsl-discuss-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gsl-discuss-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-q3/txt/msg00042.txt.bz2 On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 14:48 +0100, Brian Gough wrote: > I guess the main point I would add is that > we have to operate under constraints, compared to LAPACK etc we don't > have people funded to work on these things the way they do. So there > is a question of whether we want to try to change that aspect, or just > make technical changes. This is an important point. But you seem to have it upside down. It's precisely because we don't have these resources that we need to use what other people have done, i.e. to _use_ things like lapack, and make it easy for users to use lapack and gsl simultaneously, without head scratching. -- G. Jungman