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[PATCH] add pt-scotch-shared/scotch-shared

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Message #19 received at 47619 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Eric Bavier <bavier <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Franck Pérignon <Franck.Perignon <at> univ-grenoble-alpes.fr>,
 Eric Bavier <bavier <at> member.fsf.org>, 47619 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Subject: Re: bug#47619: [PATCH] add
 pt-scotch-shared/scotch-shared
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:59:48 +0200

Hi,

Eric Bavier <bavier <at> posteo.net> skribis:

> On Thu, 2021-04-08 at 09:21 +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I was wondering whether we should provide exclusively shared libraries,
>> as we do for other packages, instead of keeping ‘scotch’ and
>> ‘scotch-shared’.  Thoughts?
>
> I know in the past many in the HPC realm have wanted to have static
> libraries available, to avoid the costs associated with start-up
> linking and global function table indirection.
>
> Some current developments, such as some HPC system vendors moving to
> support only shared libraries on future systems, suggests that this
> preference might be waning.

Yeah, I doubt this preference is justified, I feel it’s more one of
these cultural things.  But yeah, let’s keep both for now.

Would it make sense to rename “scotch” to “scotch-static” and
“scotch-shared” to “scotch”, for consistency?

Ludo’.

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