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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Sat May 30 2020 - 16:31:14 CDT

Hi,
  NetCDF and several other dependencies are still absent from the
latest VMD test builds for MacOS X Catalina, but I do intend to
gradully get these compiled and added to the build, thus enabling
the molfile plugins that depend on them.

Best regards,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 04:48:09PM +0000, Osman, Roman wrote:
> John,
> Congratulations, so far the VMD for Catalina works pretty good.
> I noticed one thing that is missing.
> The option of reading NetCDF file from Amber has disappeared. I can work
> around it by converting the trajectory to a normal amber format, but it's
> another step.
> Can this be reinstated?
> Thanks,
> Rami
>
> On May 29, 2020, at 5:51 PM, John Stone <[1]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> USE CAUTION: External Message.
>
> Hi,
> I've posted fresh builds of VMD 1.9.4 alpha 42 to the
> VMD download site. There a bunch of updates to various
> plugins and new features that are being finalized in hopes
> of making the final release of VMD. I've posted a src
> tarball as well, for those that want to compile their own.
>
> We still have to make some mileage on updating VMD plugins
> for Tcl 8.6 required by MacOS X Catalina and likely also
> new 64-bit Windows builds of VMD. Several of the modeling
> and analysis plugins have already been updated to this end,
> but we've got about 50 more that need attention before they'll
> be ready for release.
>
> I'm expecting to shift gears and focus on 64-bit Windows
> builds, finishing new analysis functionality, and some
> further ray tracing feature/performance improvements before
> the final release of VMD 1.9.4. I don't have a particular
> deadline in mind as much as having reached sufficient
> stability on MacOS X Catalina.
>
> It has been quite a challenge to keep the ball rolling while
> working remotely since this complicates the build/test cycle
> significantly, so I appreciate bug reports and feedback for
> these test builds.
>
> Best regards,
> John Stone
> [2]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
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>
> References
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