Compatibility of version 8.5.0 and newer versions (9.1)

[Teresa Sanchez Rúa]

Dear all,

I would like to ask you about the compatibility of version 8.5.0 and the newer versions of deal.II. 

We installed the version 8.5.0 in a Linux server and we developed a code using it. Now, we want to update the version of deal.II but we are not sure about the compatibility of the libraries in the 8.5.0 version and the newer ones. Is there any problem between these two versions?

Is it possible to install two different versions of deal.II in the same server? I mean, the version 8.5.0 for our old code, and the version 9.1 for new tests.

Thank you very much for your help.

Regards,

      Teresa.

[Bruno Turcksin]

Teresa,

On Friday, November 15, 2019 at 11:40:01 AM UTC-5, Teresa Sanchez Rúa wrote:

Dear all,

I would like to ask you about the compatibility of version 8.5.0 and the newer versions of deal.II. 

We installed the version 8.5.0 in a Linux server and we developed a code using it. Now, we want to update the version of deal.II but we are not sure about the compatibility of the libraries in the 8.5.0 version and the newer ones. Is there any problem between these two versions?

We try as much as possible to keep the code backward compatible but it is not always possible. However, we keep track of all the incompatible changes. The incompatible changes from 8.5 to 9.0 can be found here: https://dealii.org/9.0.0/doxygen/deal.II/changes_between_8_5_0_and_9_0_0.html and the incompatible changes from 9.0 to 9.1 can be found here https://dealii.org/current/doxygen/deal.II/changes_between_9_0_1_and_9_1_0.html

 

Is it possible to install two different versions of deal.II in the same server? I mean, the version 8.5.0 for our old code, and the version 9.1 for new tests.

Thank you very much for your help.

Yes, there is no problem. I always have several versions of deal.II installed on my machine.

Best,

Bruno

 

      Teresa.