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README: clarify OMPI's same-version requirements
Clarify that Open MPI requires the exact same version number in all parts of an Open MPI / OSHMEM job for it to work properly.
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* mpirun / oshrun command line options
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* MCA parameter names / values / meanings
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However, this definition only applies when the same version of Open
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MPI is used with all instances of the runtime and MPI / OSHMEM
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processes in a single MPI job. If the versions are not exactly the
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same everywhere, Open MPI is not guaranteed to work properly in any
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scenario.
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Software Version Number
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user-observable changes or new features, only the third integer
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will be increased (e.g., from v4.3.0 to v4.3.1).
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The "A.B.C" version number may optionally be followed by a Quantifier:
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* Quantifier: Open MPI version numbers sometimes have an arbitrary
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string affixed to the end of the version number. Common strings
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include:

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