<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Dear Gate-users, We are almost ready to release the next Gate version (V8.0). As you know, it will be based on the current "develop" branch of our Git repository (<a href="https://github.com/OpenGATE/Gate">https://github.com/OpenGATE/Gate</a>). It should be released by the second or third week of April so there is still time to propose changes or bug fixes by creating GitHub pull requests. Remember that detailed instructions for contributing to the Gate source code using GitHub can be found on the website (<a href="http://www.opengatecollaboration.org/sites/default/files/WorshopGATEMIC2016-AD.pdf"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.opengatecollaboration.org/sites/default/files/WorshopGATEMIC2016-AD.pdf">http://www.opengatecollaboration.org/sites/default/files/WorshopGATEMIC2016-AD.pdf</a></a>). Otherwise, we would like to bring to your attention an important change. We have created a new repository to hold the whole examples which were so far located under examples folder of the Gate source code distribution. 1) This repository is open and publicly available on GitHub as part of the OpenGATE collaboration organization. Named Gate-contrib (<a href="https://github.com/OpenGATE/GateContrib">https://github.com/OpenGATE/GateContrib</a>), you will find it next to the Gate repository (<a href="https://github.com/OpenGATE/Gate"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/OpenGATE/Gate">https://github.com/OpenGATE/Gate</a></a>). 2) Each example contains macros together with associated data (binary files), stored using a Git extension named Git LFS. To access these data, you must install this extension before cloning the repository (see how to install it reading <a href="https://github.com/OpenGATE/GateContrib/blob/master/readme.md"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/OpenGATE/GateContrib/blob/master/readme.md">https://github.com/OpenGATE/GateContrib/blob/master/readme.md</a></a>). 3) As a consequence, we shortly plan to definitely remove examples and MacroFile_Example folders from the Gate source code repository. Please contact me if these changes are a problem for you. Best regards, Albertine, on behalf of the OpenGATE collaboration </body> </html>