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Software stack ready for CY45R1
TBAWith the upcoming Implementation of IFS cycle 45r1, this set of defaults is ready to handle the data produced, including all the new parameters introduced in this cycle
Magics 3 and Metview 5
Magics
Visualisation of the Netcdf-CF has been simplified
- Improvement of the new colour setting gradients
- Python3 Ready
Metview
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Both Magics and Metview see their major version updated.
Magics comes with some improvements on the visualisation of Netcdf-CF and colour setting gradients, and support for Python 3.
Metview 5 will benefit from the new features of Magics 3, with a new interactive layer management, per-colour transparency and FLEXPART support.
See the Magics and Metview news for a more detailed list of changes.
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Codes_ui first stable release
TBACodesUI is an interactive graphical application built on ecCodes to inspect GRIB and BUFR messages, that has now reached the first public release.
Consolidation of main third-party software package defaults across all platforms
TBA
- Python 2.7.12 and R 3.3.1
Version changes
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The default versions for other third party software and libraries have historically diverged in the different platforms at the centre. We will take this opportunity to converge our defaults to the same versions across all those platforms, so we can offer a more consistent environment and user experience. Amongst the affected packages we can find popular tools and libraries like Python, R, cdo or netCDF 4. See below for the complete list.
How to use the new versions for testing BEFORE the update
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Users are strongly encouraged to test their software applications and data processing chain with the new versions of the various software packages before the date of the change to the default versions. |
The new versions of the software packages can be selected by using the may18 tag in modules. For example:
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module swap metview/may18
module load Magics/may18
module swap eccodes/may18
module swap python/may18 |
How to revert to the old versions in case of problems AFTER the update
Users that experience problems with the new default software packages after the update of 10 May will be able to revert to the old default versions. These can be selected with the commands:
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module swap metview/old
module load Magics/old
module swap eccodes/old
module swap python/old |
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Please let ECMWF know if you need to revert to the old version of any of the packages after the update of the defaults has taken place. Version changes |
Change list
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ECMWF Software
This table summarises the changes in the version of the different packages:
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Please see the Release notes for full details of the changes implemented in each package.
Third-party software
There is some divergence in the 3rd party software defaults that we are trying to address by this change.
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Some of the versions in this list may already be the default for a specific package in one of the platforms, but not the otherson a certain platform, so no changes will be made in those cases. After the update, all platforms will have the same defaults for all these packages. |
How to use the new versions for testing BEFORE the update
| Tip | ||
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Users are strongly encouraged to test their software applications and data processing chain with the new versions of the various software packages before the date of the change to the default versions. |
The new versions of the software packages can be selected by using the may18 tag in modules. For example:
| Code Block | ||
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module swap metview/may18
module load Magics/may18
module swap eccodes/may18
module swap python/may18 |
How to revert to the old versions in case of problems AFTER the update
Users that experience problems with the new default software packages after the update of 10 May will be able to revert to the old default versions. These can be selected with the commands:
| Code Block | ||
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module swap metview/old
module load Magics/old
module swap eccodes/old
module swap python/old |
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More up-to-date extra R packages MKL used for all linear algebra operations | ||
| udunits | 2.2.17 | https://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/changelog/udunits/2.2.17/log.html |
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