Mailing list

The kwant-discuss mailing list is the main public communication platform for anything related to Kwant: questions, discussions, development, and announcements. It may be used both as a web forum and as a classical mailing list.

The kwant-discuss web interface allows to follow discussions and search the archives.

To start a new discussion thread, you may either use the web interface (sign-in required) or write directly to kwant-discuss@python.org. In order to avoid spam, messages of unsubscribed participants are held for moderation.

Similarly, replying is possible either by mail (if you received the post to which you want reply by mail), or using the web interface: the “reply” button under each message allows to compose directly (for signed-in users), or triggers a reply by mail (otherwise).

You may subscribe to receive posts to the list by mail. Subscription is done either through the kwant-discuss info page or by sending any message to kwant-discuss-join@python.org. (The subject and content are ignored and may be empty.) To unsubscribe, either use the info page, or send any message to kwant-discuss-leave@python.org.

List etiquette :

• When asking questions, help others to help you. In particular, use the search function before posting.
• When replying, please avoid quoting the complete original message. Instead, consider bottom-posting.

Announcements mailing list

This read-only list is used for important announcements like new releases of Kwant. Only a few messages are sent per year. These announcements are also posted on the main mailing list, so there is no need to subscribe to both lists. We recommend every user of Kwant to subscribe at least to this list in order to stay informed about new developments.

The kwant-announce archives are available on the web.

To subscribe, either use the form on the kwant-announce info page or simply send any message to kwant-announce-join@python.org. (The subject and content are ignored and may be empty.) To unsubscribe, either use the info page, or send any message to kwant-announce-leave@python.org.

Development chat

The Kwant developer chat is accessible to the community via Gitter. Come say hi if you would like to get involved with developing Kwant!

Gitlab instance

The Kwant project runs a gitlab instance that hosts the main Kwant code repository as well as the repositories of related projects. The gitlab instance is used for reporting bugs (see next section) and development

Reporting bugs

If you encounter a problem with Kwant, first try to reproduce it with as simple a system as possible. Double-check with the documentation that what you observe is actually a bug in Kwant. If you think it is, please check the list of known bugs in Kwant. It may be also a good idea to search or ask on the general mailing list. (You can use the search box at the top of this page.)

If after checking you still think that you have found a bug, please add it to the above-mentioned list of bugs by creating an issue with the “bug” label. A useful bug report should contain:

• The versions of software you are using: Kwant, Python, operating system, etc.
• A description of the problem, i.e. what exactly goes wrong. This should include any relevant error messages.
• Enough information to reproduce the bug, preferably in the form of a simple script.