[Osi-managers] Osi/stable/0.98

[Laszlo Ladanyi]

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Lou Hafer wrote:

> Laci, et al.,
>
>> Why don't you create a subdir (say, stable-full/0.98) in the Osi repository
>> where you have all the stuff and keep stable/0.98 small?
>
> 	Actually, I'm having an ongoing debate with Ted along similar lines. It
> started with the whole `circular external' bit w.r.t DyLP and Osi, and has
> widened a bit since then.  One alternative is to provide an `Osi-heavy', which
> provides all OsiXXX and all associated open-source solvers, and an `Osi-light'
> which is only Osi (no solvers at all).  Users could then acquire exactly the
> solvers of their choice.

That's not a bad idea, but the circle is really introduced by the example
in DyLP that shows how to use DyLP through Osi. I think that example should be 
moved into OsiDyLP and its existence noted in DyLP.

Cheers,
--Laci