POLICIES.md

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Policies

Below are some of the policies used by the Trilinos Project.

Definitions

• Primary and secondary tested code versus experimental code
• Primary development platform versus secondary development and testing platforms

Policies

Trilinos Framework and Tools Issues

• Policies associated with and list of Trilinos repositories

• How to make feature requests for the Trilinos Framework

• How to ask questions about the CMake build system or the CTest test driver

• Adding a new Trilinos package

• Backlog management

• Framework-level processes for maintaining stability

• Changing the official policies

• Creating a public branch

Source Code Issues

• Treatment of primary tested (PT) code verses secondary tested (ST) code

• Treatment of primary tested (PT) code verses experimental (EX) code

• Changing code in other packages for which you aren't a developer

• Namespace safety and use of standard C++ headers

Testing

• Proper pre-checkin process

• Remote testing and push process

• Developer policies for maintaining the stability of Trilinos

• Expectations for failed builds or tests

• Expectations for failed builds or tests for SIERRA

• Setting up automated nightly testing on personal machines

• Previewing website modifications