[ghemical-devel] about testing, and stable/devel branches

[Tommi Hassinen]

Hi all.

Today I found out that the new development version (the cvs HEAD branch
version) did in fact not compile using the standard

	./configure
	make
	make install

procedure. Unfortunately I did not know about this earlier, since I still
like to work with the old makefile system (an old dog does not learn any
now tricks, or how they say it). There was a little bug that appeared when
using the configure script but not in the build process which I use.

Anyways, now it works. As much as I know, the two versions now have
roughly the same functionality (BTW the file format has changed in the
HEAD branch version and I'm still not yet sure if it's the final one).

Now I also ask you to test the both versions as much as you can. If the
v1.0 is released at late November, there is now one month for testing (for
everything else except User's Manual and OpenBabel update).

During November I try to update the webpages as well, and therefore I plan
to move into the common practice of documenting and making available both
a stable version and a development version of the package. The versions
will be, as planned earlier:

	stable : MANY_PROJECT_BRANCH version ->	ghemical-1.00
	devel : the cvs HEAD version	->	ghemical-1.50alpha

At the webpages I will make it clear that the stable branch is the
preferred version for now and that "v1.50alpha" or whatever the devel
version will be called is for developers and preview purposes only.

So, please test the both versions, as much as you have time and
possibilities.

	Tommi