New QMCPACK release v3.17.1

[Paul R. C. Kent]

This minor release of QMCPACK is recommend for everyone. The main change from 3.17.0 is improved HDF5 detection. The release is available from https://github.com/QMCPACK/qmcpack/releases and via https://qmcpack.org

-- Paul Kent on behalf of all the QMCPACK developers

[3.17.1] - 2023-08-25

This minor release is recommended for all users and includes a couple of build fixes and a NEXUS improvement.

• Improved HDF5 detection. Fixes cases where HDF5 was not identified by CMake, including on FreeBSD (thanks @yurivict for the report). #4708
• Fix for building with BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=OFF. #4709
• Add timer for orbital rotations. #4706

NEXUS

• NEXUS: Support for spinor inputs. #4707