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[cellml-dev] [cellml-discussion] CellML API 1.10rc1 available now


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  • From: alan.garny at dpag.ox.ac.uk (Alan Garny)
  • Subject: [cellml-dev] [cellml-discussion] CellML API 1.10rc1 available now
  • Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 10:09:47 +0100
Thanks for the clarification Andrew. I agree, it seems better to leave
things as they are.

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cellml-tools-developers-bounces at cellml.org [mailto:cellml-tools-
> developers-bounces at cellml.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Miller
> Sent: 06 September 2011 20:51
> To: A list for the developers of CellML tools
> Subject: Re: [cellml-dev] [cellml-discussion] CellML API 1.10rc1 available
now
>
> On 31/08/11 19:19, Alan Garny wrote:
> > Hi again,
> >
> > I have just had a quick look at the Windows distribution (though I
> > imagine the same would apply to the other distributions) and it would
> > be nice if there was a way to put all the files related to the Java
> > and Python bindings in to their own folders (in the way it has been done
for
> the Python 'lib'
> > files?). My point is that I, for one, have no interest in them and
> > since I intend to add the CellML API files in to OpenCOR's Git
> > repository, I obviously have to sort out which ones should be kept and
> which ones not.
> > Again, it's no big deal, but in the same way it would make people's
> > life easier, so... could that be done?...
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> The Python directory is for the loadable Python modules; they are in a
> separate directory because the loadable module names have to be in a
> directory and have a name that reflects the name they are invoked by in
> Python. Note that the libraries used for Python interaction (as opposed to
the
> loadable module) are in the libs directory, it is only the loadable
modules
> that are separated out.
>
> For Java, we also have a situation where we have loadable modules and
> normal libraries; it might make sense to separate out the loadable modules
> so they can be installed in one place (although Java doesn't make that
> essential, so it might actually be cleaner to have them all in one place
as we
> do now).
>
> We definitely don't want to start splitting up the libraries themselves
into
> different places, because to use the API, you need to put the path for the
> libraries you are going to use into LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and it would make it
> much harder for new users if they had to add multiple directories, and
> complicate the tutorials.
>
> I think the reality is that people who are moving the binaries to other
places
> will want to pick out the specific libraries they want anyway.
> For example, you might not want to use all the services the API provides;
you
> would then only take the libraries you need, and their dependencies. All
in all,
> I don't think there is a significant benefit to API users in splitting
libraries into
> subdirectories, and there are significant drawbacks.
>
> I'm putting this up on the tracker as tracker item 3037
> (https://tracker.physiomeproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3037) to document
this.
>
> Best wishes,
> Andrew
>
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Alan Garny [mailto:alan.garny at dpag.ox.ac.uk]
> >> Sent: 31 August 2011 08:05
> >> To: Andrew Miller (ak.miller at auckland.ac.nz)
> >> Cc: Randall Britten (r.britten at auckland.ac.nz)
> >> Subject: RE: [cellml-discussion] CellML API 1.10rc1 available now
> >>
> >> Hi Andrew,
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot for 1.10rc1. Just a few questions/requests, if you don't
> > mind:
> >> - Would it be possible to have different names for the Linux
> >> .tar.bz2
> > files?
> >> Right now, both the x86 and x64 versions have the same name. No big
> >> deal, of course, but still it would be nice.
> >> - More importantly, for me, is the wish for a compressed version of
> >> the
> > Mac
> >> OS X binary. Right now, you are offering a .dmg file which I am not
> > interested
> >> in, sorry...
> >>
> >> I am relocating to France between the weekend and next Wednesday, so
> >> I am not sure how much time I will have to test the 1.10rc1, but I
> >> will give it
> > a quick
> >> try.
> >>
> >> Cheers, Alan.
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: cellml-discussion-bounces at cellml.org
> >>> [mailto:cellml-discussion- bounces at cellml.org] On Behalf Of Andrew
> >>> Miller
> >>> Sent: 31 August 2011 07:51
> >>> To: A list for the developers of CellML tools; For those interested
> >>> in contributing to the development of CellML.
> >>> Subject: [cellml-discussion] CellML API 1.10rc1 available now
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I have just made release candidate 1 for the CellML API, version 1.10.
> >>>
> >>> This release candidate will become the CellML API 0.10 if no-one
> >>> finds any problems with it by next Wednesday (New Zealand time).
> >>>
> >>> Please try it out and let me know if there are any problems with it.
> >>>
> >>> The page about the release candidate:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.cellml.org/tools/downloads/cellml_api/releases/1.10rc1
> >>>
> >>> New features
> >>> ============
> >>> This release provides a number of bug fixes, as well as some
> >>> important new
> >>> features:
> >>> Experimental support for parameter uncertainty.
> >>> New services for processing SED-ML simulation experiment
> >>> descriptions and running simulation experiments.
> >>> Better Python and Java support.
> >>> A completely new, easier to use build system (CMake based).
> >>> All dependencies are now included in the build tree.
> >>> Support for building on the MingW platform on Windows (along
> >>> with MSVC 10).
> >>>
> >>> Best wishes,
> >>> Andrew Miller
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