(First post, am I doing it right?)
I saw you guys were looking at OpenFOAM, and Richard attempted a build but gave up. I suspect this was bad timing - the guys at OpenCFD just patched their repository to accommodate the DSO linking changes (i.e. yesterday). Also, as an (independent) OpenFOAM developer, can I be of assistance?
-Dave
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