From: Vlastimil Zíma (zima_at_karlov.mff.cuni.cz)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2014 - 12:29:27 CDT

Hi Axel,

I have no intentions of (re-)distributing the source code of VMD, but I'm
not into learning CVS. I believe it's understandable since last version was
released in 2008.

Anyway, thanks for your answers.

Vlastik

2014-07-09 17:15 GMT+02:00 Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey_at_gmail.com>:

> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Vlastimil Zíma <zima_at_karlov.mff.cuni.cz>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > does anybody know how to contribute to VMD? I have found several minor
> bugs
> > in last years, but I never report them since I never find out how to do
> so.
> > I haven't found any document about contribution other than sparse notes
> in
> > FAQ.
> >
> > I'd like to know
> > * How do I find if bug was already reported?
>
> near impossible.
>
> > * How to report bug?
>
> send a bug report to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> > * How to check that my fix didn't break anything else? Are there any
> tests
> > available?
>
> depends on what kind of fix this is.
>
> > * How to share a patch?
>
> send an e-mail to vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> > * Is there any official repository with VMD source code in git or other
> > modern VCS?
>
> VMD is (still) managed in CVS repository. a read-only version of that
> is available. please note the licensing conditions of VMD, which put
> restrictions on how the sources can be "exported".
>
> axel.
>
> > Thanks in advance
> > Vlastik
>
>
>
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> Dr. Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey_at_gmail.com http://goo.gl/1wk0
> College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA
> International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste. Italy.
>