[mpiwg-coll] deprecating MPI_GRAPH_CREATE?

Torsten Hoefler htor at inf.ethz.ch
Tue Dec 2 03:57:40 CST 2014


I am unfortunately too busy these days to drive it (a clean removal will 
touch several places). It is ugly but it doesn't do any direct harm to 
the standard or its users.

Best,
	Torsten

On 01.12.2014 17:02, Jeff Hammond wrote:
> But you're not going to write that proposal? You seem more qualified than most...
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 1, 2014, at 7:51 AM, Torsten Hoefler <htor at inf.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> There is no such proposal yet (afaik), I'd support a carefully crafted one and I think I wouldn't be alone.
>>
>> Thanks & Best,
>>     Torsten
>>
>>> On 01.12.2014 06:41, Jeff Hammond wrote:
>>> Regarding http://lists.mpi-forum.org/mpiwg-coll/2014/03/0289.php, is
>>> there a proposal to deprecate MPI_GRAPH_CREATE?  It seems that there
>>> are many issues with it and they are deliberately not getting fixed
>>> because a subset of the issues with it make it too horrible to fix.
>>>
>>> I find this situation distasteful as it leads to a poor user
>>> experience.  Let's do the right thing and put MPI_GRAPH_CREATE out of
>>> our misery sooner rather than later.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>
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