I apologize to all for the confusion that my first message in this thread lead to. I failed to give the proper context, which then led to lots of email hell. I think the subsequent emails have clarified much; thanks guys. I do believe that there is still some debate about what exactly to call the SC'10 and SC'11 releases. I think the main point of my email was to say that if you want something in the SC'10 release, by our defined procedures (1st reading, 2 votes, etc.), it needs to be ready by March. Some things are ready already or are close -- it was meant to be a "heads up" for the WGs who are not [well] represented here in Helsinki that we likely will have *something* to release at SC'10 (regardless of what it is called -- "3.0" or otherwise), and that March is the last meeting to have a 1st reading. On Sep 3, 2009, at 12:21 AM, Graham, Richard L. wrote:

What was said today is that we would like to have a first release of new MPI functionality 3 years after the start of the current forum, which will be around SC'10. This keeps with the current trend of an annual update. To meet this goal, first reading needs to be next spring. What does not make it into that release will need to be a year later, as we want to get nonblocking collrctives out the door.

Rich

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Rajeev,

that's how I understood it. Technically probably 3 years from Friday (after the final vote on 2.2).

Marc-Andre

Rajeev Thakur wrote:

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I think the main message of Jeff's earlier mail was: If you want to get your stuff out soon, you will have to get it to the first reading by march, or you will have to wait till the "big package" is passed in 3 years, as I took it from the discussions that everybody present was reluctant to have another intermediate release.

Does 3 years mean 3 years from today?

Rajeev

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