[firedrake] The wonderful world of firedrake-install

[David Ham]

Dear Firedrakers,

I am happy to be able to announce the release of our new install and
upgrade system for Firedrake. The new system makes installing and upgrading
Firedrake much easier than the previous instruction set. Particular
features:

* single command install on MacOS X, Ubuntu (and sometimes other Linux).
* support for per user or global installations.
* support for installation into a Python virtualenv to ensure no
interference between Firedrake and other software (in particular this makes
installing Firedrake alongside Dolfin safer and easier).
* Support for "developer mode" installs where core Firedrake components run
from the source directories.

The core Firedrake developers will be using this install, and it's the
install system used by our automated build testing, so you can be assured
that it will always be well tested and emerging bugs will be fixed fast.

Installation instructions are available now from
http://www.firedrakeproject.org/download.html

I look forward to your feedback on the new system.

Cheers,

David
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