The KIM development team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.7.3 of the KIM application programming interface (API). This release includes a new configure script to customize installations for specific systems, other minor improvements to the installation process, and bug fixes.
Version 1.7.3 includes the following changes:
Added a `configure' script for setting up Makefile.KIM_Config
Added support for environment-variable-collection
Added support for user_config_file_dir_name setting
Documentation update/improvements
Minor improvements to error messages
Added `make add-OpenKIM' feature
Added `make help' feature
Added release dates to NEWS file
Bug fixes