Install fleur from git release branch

[broeder-j]

Consider installing FLEUR from its git release branch.
https://iffgit.fz-juelich.de/fleur/fleur/-/tree/release

Because for the release branch there is support and bugfixes.
For the tarball on the website which is currently used, for some reason this is not updated.

[ltalirz]

I assume the tags on the release branch are identical to the releases?

In order to guarantee reproducible builds, we should not be switching to a branch, but we could certainly switch to tags on the release branch.
In exceptional cases, we could also specify specific commits, but this might make it difficult for users to understand which version of the code they are using.

[broeder-j]

Thanks!
Tags on the release branch would be fine.
The tar files on the website are not so often updated as the tags on the branch.

[ltalirz]

Sorry, closed the wrong issue.
Ok, then let's keep this open with the aim to switch to gitlab with the next update.

As for your question on how to test things, there are several options

• use any ubuntu 18.04 machine and run ansible on it
• download the Quantum Mobile and run ansible on it (you'll need to connect via an ssh key)
• try your luck on travis directly