Benjamin Uekermann

I agree that having a single shared directory is better than the multiple ones we could have right now. > But `shared-dir` sounds self-descriptive enough (though inconsistent with output-directory). Agree...

> I just wanted to make clear that we always create a directory inside the exchange directory. Yes, I would still do that. But we could just always call it...

I think this goes in the right direction. I have not yet looked at details and have not yet tried it out. Something where we need to be careful is...

> Do you think the configuration should be part of this PR? Makes sense IMO, but you probably have a better overview whether this PR is too large already. >...

I guess many things could still be done with data after sending: - It could be sent to another participant - It could be used in an action - It...

Can there be a case where we actually need this? If yes, should we make it configurable?

The technical reason for having these additional global brackets could be indeed the configuration of the logger. It needs to be set up before we start with the rest. Just...

> @uekerman sync-mode should really be moved to the profiling tag introduced in https://github.com/precice/precice/issues/1410. Do you agree? Yes

Many good questions :grin: We indeed have some usability debt here. I guess that most users currently don't use either of the arguments.

I agree with all points @MakisH raised. Just for completeness: the controller tries to use a high-level YAML description to generate our current XML. * [example input in YAML](https://github.com/precice/controller/blob/master/examples/2/topology.yaml) *...