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ECMWF is updating the default versions of its software packages and libraries used on Atos HPCF and ECS as part of the regular update cycle. The changes will take place on Wednesday 15 May 2024 09:00 UTC We strongly recommend you test that your programs, scripts and suites work with the new versions of any software or library affected before the change happens. Table of contents Highlights Python 3.11 becomes default For our Python users, we now offer a more recent version of Python 3.…
We are thrilled to announce the general availability of the new JupyterHub http://jupyterhub.ecmwf.int service at ECMWF, a new way of accessing computing resources at ECMWF in an interactive and modern way. With JupyterHub you can now spin up your JupyterLab sessions on multiple backends including HPCF and ECS, leveraging the computational resources available at ECMWF without leaving your browser. If you have an account at ECMWF with access to computing resources,…
ECMWF is updating the default versions of its software packages and libraries used across on Atos HPCF and ECS as part of the regular update cycle. The changes will take place on Wednesday 22 November 2023 09:00 UTC We strongly recommend you test that your programs, scripts and suites work with the new versions of any software or library affected before the change happens.…
ECMWF is updating the default versions of its software packages and libraries used across on Atos HPCF and ECS as part of the regular update cycle. The changes will take place on Wednesday 31 May 2023 09:00 UTC We strongly recommend you test that your programs, scripts and suites work with the new versions of any software or library affected before the change happens.…
Dear ecCodes users, We wanted to make you aware of these two important changes in the upcoming 2.29.0 release of ecCodes. First, the old "python2" bindings of ecCodes, those installed directly with the main distribution, will not be available anymore. Python2 has been deprecated since 2020 (see https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/ https://www.python.org/doc/sunset-python-2/) and in order to simplify the software we have decided to remove it from the distribution.…