[gmx-users] compilation instructions, the gromacs wiki, documentation, and test suites

[chris.neale at utoronto.ca]

<<I have changed the topic to continue a conversation that started on  
"cmake --> relocation R_X86_64_32S against `a local symbol' can not be  
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Dear Roland:

It is not my intention to be confrontational, your assistance was very  
useful, I appreciate it very much, and I realize that it's not your  
job to comment everything (or even answer my questions on this mailing  
list). Further, I have actually contributed significantly to the  
gromacs wiki in the past, but it's not a wiki anymore and the barrier  
to posting is enough that I'm not the only person who has given up on  
it.

Second, I would like to mention that as a user I am extremely hesitant  
to upgrade my gromacs version due to the lack of commenting and lack  
of a good test suite. Anybody who used the free energy code with TIP4P  
in 2008/2009 or used the pull code in the early versions of gromacs 4  
will probably agree with me that testing and documentation are at  
least as important as new code.

I'm not asking anybody else to add documentation or test suites. I'm  
simply pointing out that gromacs is falling behind in these areas and  
it is not necessarily a good thing. I think that there is a utility in  
simply noting this.

Sincerely,
Chris.



-- original message --

Please contribute you experience to the wiki pages. Good documentation  
requires many people to help. The (main) developers are often too busy  
too
write detailed documentation.