[MITgcm-support] cleanup the MITgcm "optfiles"

[Ed Hill]

Hi folks,

Alistair and Jean-Michel have been prodding me to cleanup the 
"optfiles" located in MITgcm/tools/build_options.  Their requests 
are:

  1) move old or "unused" optfiles to the directory
       MITgcm/tools/build_options/unsupported
     so theres less clutter and confusion

  2) harmonize the optfiles so they all have a more  
     consistent structure (similar naming and internal 
     order) with the "standard" form looking like the 
     following examples:
       MITgcm/tools/build_options/linux_ia32_g77
       MITgcm/tools/build_options/linux_ia32_g77+mpi_cg01
       MITgcm/tools/build_options/linux_ia32_g77+mpi_itrda


So I'm sending this email to all MITgcm users because I'd like to 
request (or is it beg for?) help with the following:

  1) The utility "MITgcm/tools/suggest_optfile_names"
     has been added to help find the correct optfiles
     for a particular platform and/or to suggest a name 
     for a new optfile.  Please follow its suggestions 
     and, when it doesn't work, send us an email with 
     your bugs and/or suggestions for improvement.

  2) PLEASE send me (email is fine!) your custom optfiles, 
     especially those that have been tested in the past 
     6 months and are (or were) known to work.  Where its  
     possible, I'll try to make them the default for 
     their respective platforms by changing their 
     names to match the above pattern.

  3) Editing the optfiles may be disruptive--please let 
     us know if we break anything and we'll fix it ASAP.

Thanks!
Ed

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