[CIG-SHORT] Lithomop (soon to be PyLith) status

[cig-short at geodynamics.org]

Dear CIG-short List Members,

I have checked in and tagged a version of Lithomop that works for the 
test problems I have come up with so far (tests include simple, split 
nodes, and slippery nodes).  The version tag is r20050408, and this 
should be regarded as the current stable version.  Anyone that wants to 
try the code out should use this version (keep in mind that it requires 
pythia-0.8, MPI, and PETSc), and it will serve as the starting point 
for new improvements.  Not all of the examples have been updated.  
Those that have are:

examples/lintet/bm1a
examples/lintet/bm1b
examples/lintet/bm5
examples/linhex/bm1
examples/linhex/bm1a
examples/linhex/slip1

I may try to update some other examples later today.  If I do, I will 
retag them.  For anyone that still wants to use the non-PETSc version, 
I need to migrate a patch back to the previous version (r20050223).  
When I do, I will retag that as r20050223a.

Hopefully, this is the last non-parallel version.  Anticipated 
improvements in the very near future include parallelization and the 
use of Brad's spatial database for material properties.   The name 
change (from Lithomop to PyLith) will also be happening soon.  I also 
plan to start a PyLith section under the Software category at 
geodynamics.org that will have information for users.

Charles



Charles A. Williams
Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Science Center, 2C01B
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY  12180
Phone:	(518) 276-3369
FAX:		(518) 276-2012
e-mail:	willic3 at rpi.edu