ECMWF is updating the default versions of its software packages and libraries used across all user platforms at the centre as part of the regular update cycle.
When?
The changes will take place on Wednesday 21 November 2018 11:00 - 11:30 UTC
What 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
The next defaults are tagged as "nov18" in modules. After the session the previous defaults will be tagged as "old"
Table of contents
Highlights
A number of bug fixes and performance improvements have been introduced on the different versions to become default. Here are some of the most relevant new features:
- Magics and Metview now use ecCodes to decode BUFR data.
- New automatic contouring setting for Magics and Metview to match ECCHARTS styles.
- BUFR decoding performance has been enhanced in ecCodes, and support for a number or new parameters in GRIB have been added.
- ecflowUI, the new graphical client for ecFlow, comes with a number of improvements and bug fixes.
How to use the new versions for testing BEFORE the update
The new versions of the software packages can be selected by using the nov18 tag in modules. For example:
module swap metview/nov18 module load Magics/nov18 module load emos/nov18 module swap eccodes/nov18
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:
module swap metview/old module load Magics/old module load emos/old module swap eccodes/old
Version changes
This table summarises the changes in the version of the different packages:
Package | Default version | Release notes | Download page | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Before | After | |||
CodesUI | 1.0.0 | 1.2.1 | CodesUI - Releases | |
ecCodes | 2.7.3 | 2.9.2 | Latest news | ecCodes Releases |
ecFlow | 4.9.0 | 4.11.1 | ecFlow Releases | |
ECFS user documentation | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | - | - |
ecmp | 1.0.0 | 1.0.2 | Release Notes | - |
Magics | 3.0.4 | 3.2.2 | Latest News | Magics Releases |
Metview | 5.0.3 | 5.2.3 | Metview Releases Metview Bundle | |
ODB API | 0.17.6 | 0.18.0 | Change history | ODB API Releases |
ODB | 1.0.8 | 1.0.10 | - | - |
ecCodes is now the official ECMWF encoder and decoder for GRIB and BUFR formats. It supersedes GRIB-API, for the GRIB format, and EMOSLIB, for the BUFR. If you still use any of those, we encourage you to migrate to ecCodes.
Package | Default version | Release notes | Download page | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Before | After | |||
EMOSLIB | 4.5.5 | 4.5.8 | History of EMOSLIB changes | EMOSLIB Releases |
GRIB-API | 1.26.1 | 1.27.0 | GRIB-API Releases |
Please see the Release notes for full details of the changes implemented in each package.
Verify: discontinued
Verify (and metpy tagged as metpy/verify) will be discontinued. Please use quaver instead.
2 Comments
Paulo Narciso
Hi Xavier,
After testing the nov18 tag, just a quick note: the points in the EMOSLIB version number are missing (457 instead of 4.5.7).
Best regards,
P. Narciso
Xavier Abellan AUTHOR
Hi Paulo,
For historical reasons, the version name on the module system is kept without the dots, as the original versioning scheme of the package.
Regards,
Xavi