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

[Roland Schulz]

Chris,

sorry I didn't pay attention (was in a hurry). I know that you have helped
with the documentation and wouldn't have suggested to you to put it on the
wiki if I recognized it was you. I thought it was a new user. And I didn't
want to criticize but only point out (to the assumed new user) that the wiki
can be improved by everyone.

Do you have suggestion of how to improve the documentation or the test
suite? What is the barrier to the wiki?
I have mentioned that before (on the dev-list) but I think a monthly phone
conference could help to coordinate those kind of issues.

Roland

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:07 PM, <chris.neale at utoronto.ca> wrote:

> <<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 used
> when making a shared object;>>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
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