[cig-commits] r16973 - in short/3D/PyLith/trunk: . doc/releasenotes

[brad at geodynamics.org]

Author: brad
Date: 2010-06-09 22:26:11 -0700 (Wed, 09 Jun 2010)
New Revision: 16973

Modified:
   short/3D/PyLith/trunk/README
   short/3D/PyLith/trunk/TODO
   short/3D/PyLith/trunk/doc/releasenotes/announce_v1.5.0.txt
Log:
Added note on revision of fault orientation info to README and updated release notes. Updated TODO.

Modified: short/3D/PyLith/trunk/README
===================================================================
--- short/3D/PyLith/trunk/README	2010-06-10 05:17:41 UTC (rev 16972)
+++ short/3D/PyLith/trunk/README	2010-06-10 05:26:11 UTC (rev 16973)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 MIGRATING FROM VERSION 1.4 TO 1.5
 ======================================================================
 
-Two changes to the code require updating old parameters settings for use
+Three changes to the code require updating old parameters settings for use
 with version 1.5.
 
 (1) Recent releases of CUBIT include nodeset names in the Exodus file
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@
 reference-stress, and power-law-exponent to describe the material. This is
 described in the 'Material Models' section of the manual.
 
+(3) The fault property 'normal_dir' is obsolete. Only the property
+'up_dir' is required to enforce positive slip is left-lateral,
+reverse, and fault-opening for dipping faults in 2-D and horizontal
+fault surfaces in 3-D. Previously, in 2-D positive slip was always
+left-lateral, but now the up-direction is used to enforce positive
+slip is reverse motion for dipping faults. For horizontal fault
+surfaces in 3-D a normal of (0,0,1) is assumed in determining the
+up-dip direction.
+
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version 1.5.0
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Modified: short/3D/PyLith/trunk/TODO
===================================================================
--- short/3D/PyLith/trunk/TODO	2010-06-10 05:17:41 UTC (rev 16972)
+++ short/3D/PyLith/trunk/TODO	2010-06-10 05:26:11 UTC (rev 16973)
@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@
 
   need cygwin binbot
 
-  Add ML to petsc on Darwin and cygwin binbots (requires fortran compiler)
-
   need Darwin 10.6 binary
 
-top-level README [add fault preconditioner when done]
-release announcement [add fault preconditioner when done]
-
 MANUAL
 
   Tutorials

Modified: short/3D/PyLith/trunk/doc/releasenotes/announce_v1.5.0.txt
===================================================================
--- short/3D/PyLith/trunk/doc/releasenotes/announce_v1.5.0.txt	2010-06-10 05:17:41 UTC (rev 16972)
+++ short/3D/PyLith/trunk/doc/releasenotes/announce_v1.5.0.txt	2010-06-10 05:26:11 UTC (rev 16973)
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@
 
 We strongly recommend all users of previous PyLith releases to switch
 to this latest release. In addition to adding features this release
-also fixes a number of bugs (see top-level README file). Switching
-from v1.5.0 only requires changes to parameter files when using CUBIT
-meshes or the power-law rheology. See the README file for changes
-required to switch to the v1.5.x release series from previous
-versions.
+also fixes a number of bugs (see top-level README file). See the
+README file for changes required to switch to the v1.5.x release
+series from previous versions.
 
 You can download the source code and binaries from