Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.
Comment: pcraster added as it was missed

...

Info
titleWhen?

The changes will take place on  Wednesday Wednesday 5 May 2021 09:00 UTC


Info
titleWhat platforms are affected?

All user platforms at the centre will see their default additional software stack updated:

  • All clusters in our High Performance Computing Facility, mainly CCA and CCB
  • ECGATE
  • Linux Clusters
  • Linux Desktops
  • TEMS

...

For those still using Python 2, note that this major version of Python reached its end of life on 1st January 2020, If you haven't done moved to Python 3.6 yet, please see Migration to Python 3 for some guidance on where to start. We are providing a the latest Python 2.7 for compatibility purposes only.

...

Potentially disruptive changes in ecCodes

It is worth highligting a number of changes in ecCodes that could have an impact in specific user workflows:

  • The GRIB2 representation of parameter 238 (Temperature of snow layer - tsn) has been modified. See the new encoding here: https://apps-test.ecmwf.int/codes/grib/param-db/?id=238
  • The command codes_info -v no longer outputs a trailing space. Some user scripts may need to be modified.
  • grib_get_data output is slightly modified: Words on the first line are now separated by spaces not commas.
  • The tools now check that the output file is not the same as the input to avoid overwriting/corrupting the source.
  • The MARS keys levtype and levelist have been removed from the GRIB2 templates 4.53 and 4.54.

A lot of other bugfixes and improvements

...

...

Package

Next default

Notes

aec1.0.4

https://gitlab.dkrz.de/k202009/libaec/-/blob/v1.0.4/CHANGELOG.md

boost1.71.0

https://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_71_0.html

cdo1.9.10

https://code.mpimet.mpg.de/projects/cdo/news

clang11.0.1

https://releases.llvm.org/11.0.1/tools/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

cmake3.19.5https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.19/release/3.19.html
cmor3.6.1https://cmor.llnl.gov/news/2020/12/16/cmor3/
ferret7.6.3https://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/documentation/version-763-release-notes
fcm2019.05.0https://github.com/metomi/fcm/blob/master/CHANGES.md
fftw3.3.9http://www.fftw.org/release-notes.html
gdal3.2.1https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/blob/v3.2.1/gdal/NEWS
geos3.9.1https://github.com/libgeos/geos/blob/3.9.1/NEWS
git2.30.1https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/Documentation/RelNotes
gnuparallel20210222https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9943
gsl2.6http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl.git/tree/NEWS
grads2.2.1http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/ChangeLog
grass7.8.5https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2020_12_21_grass_gis_7_8_5_released/
hdf51.10.6https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/ReleaseFiles/hdf5-1.10.6-RELEASE.txt
nccmp1.8.2.1https://gitlab.com/remikz/nccmp/-/blob/master/README.md
nco4.9.7http://nco.sourceforge.net/ANNOUNCE
ncview2.1.7https://cirrus.ucsd.edu/ncview/
netcdf44.7.4https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/netcdf-4-7-4
ninja1.10.2https://groups.google.com/g/ninja-build/c/oobwq_F0PpA/m/FeJC5LoRBgAJ
octave6.2.0https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/news/release/2021/02/20/octave-6.2.0-released.html
openmpi4.1.0

*not on HPCF

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-mpi/ompi/v4.1.x/NEWS

panoply4.12.3https://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/
pcraster4.3.0-01https://pcraster.geo.uu.nl
proj7.2.1https://proj.org/news.html#id26
python2.7.17-01

More up-to-date extra python packages

https://docs.python.org/2.7/whatsnew/2.7.html

python33.8.8-01

More up-to-date extra python packages

https://docs.python.org/3.8/whatsnew/3.8.html


R4.0.4

More up-to-date extra R packages

https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/NEWS.html

udunits2.2.28

https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/udunits/CHANGE_LOG

valgrind3.16.1

https://www.valgrind.org/docs/manual/dist.news.html

wgrib23.0.0

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/wgrib2/

wreport3.27

https://github.com/ARPA-SIMC/wreport/blob/master/NEWS.md

...