December 2022 software release

We have released hotfix versions of several packages.

ecCodes 2.27.1 includes various small fixes for MARS archiving and support for the latest JasPer library.

Metview 5.17.4 includes various small fixes in the interactive usage of the Cross Section View and the icon search facility.
An updated Metview Bundle contains these new versions. Versions on conda and brew have been updated. If you encounter any issues please feel free to send feedback to Software.Support@ecmwf.int.

The software versions of this release are available on all ECMWF computer systems as "new" versions. On our Bologna HPC, they are installed into a single module called ecmwf-toolbox. Versions on conda should be available in the coming days. If you encounter any issues please feel free to use the ECMWF Support Portal.