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OpenFOAM 6 support not included in release v2.0 #3
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As explained in the changelog file or the changelog section in the user-guide, support for of60 only became available from rheoTool version 3.0. Therefore, tag v2.0 (version 2.0) is missing this support. If you want to use the most updated version of rheoTool, you should clone or download the repository (it will automatically point to the latest commit). Releases are tags to older versions (they are created once a new version comes out) and shall not be used for such purpose. I know this can sound strange. For example, version 3.0, which is the current one, is still not tagged as a release (it will be once a new version is out), but can be obtained by cloning/downloading the repo. |
It does sound strange to only 'release' a version once you've released the next one. I might not be the only person who thinks that they should download an official release in order to be using stable code. I'm just making suggestions on how to make the documentation more user friendly. |
Yes, it is indeed not the 'usual way' to do it. We will add a note in the user-guide or readme clarifying the purpose of releases (tags to older versions). The newest commit in the master branch is the stable code. |
The installation instructions don't make it obvious that I need to clone the repo in order to get the
of60/src
directory.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: