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Dear users,<br>
<br>
Gromacs-4.5 is finally out and although all major and critical bugs
have been cleared, we are aware that there are probably many small
issues still left.<br>
<br>
We would like to ask all users to go ahead and <b>heavy</b> test
run the code. For example,<br>
<ul>
<li>compile on different platforms with different compilers</li>
<li>use different MPI and math libraries</li>
<li>use exclusively the CMake build system. Autoconf <b>*will be
removed*</b> after this release!<br>
</li>
<li>try all new features</li>
<ul>
<li>Amber and Charmm forcefields</li>
<li>simulated nucleic acids</li>
<li>implicit solvent simulations</li>
<li>Velocity-Verlet integrators, MTTK pressure control and
Nose-Hoover chains</li>
<li>Free energy calculations and g_bar</li>
</ul>
<li>errors/inconsistencies/typos in the documentation</li>
</ul>
If you find any kind of reproducible problems, even minor ones,
please file a <b>bugzilla report </b>! We will clear them out as
soon as possible. If there is no report, we'll assume there is no
bug :)<br>
<br>
This test run will be important for distribution package maintainers
- let us know if you have issues specific to your systems.<br>
<br>
And one more thing - there is a deadline :) We'll try to fix all
reports that are filed in <b>the next two weeks</b> (i.e by <b>Sept.
15</b>)! After that priority will be given to development work on
major code restructuring towards 5.0. <br>
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We're awaiting your reports!<br>
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