History of Changes

Version 2.0.0 (October 2016)

Contributions

• [ECC-260] - Add support for template 5.42 (CCSDS)
  Thanks to Daniel Lee (DWD) and Mathis Rosenhauer (DKRZ)
  
  
• [ECC-303] - Cannot build with OpenJPEG version 2
  Thanks to Alastair McKinstry

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-284] - Dump instructions to create the input BUFR message
• [ECC-320] - Dump instructions to decode a BUFR message
• [ECC-151] - Implement change of compression method in BUFR
• [ECC-178] - Implement codes_set for delayedReplication in BUFR
• [ECC-307] - implement area extraction in bufr_filter for compressed data
• [ECC-314] - implement extraction of a time interval in BUFR for compressed data
• [ECC-354] - simple thinning of BUFR data
• [ECC-312] - Interface change: Remove functions codes_new_from_samples and codes_handle_new_from_samples
• [ECC-297] - Add support for Data representation template 5.42 - Grid point and spectral data - CCSDS

• [ECC-285] - bufr_dump -Efilter
• [ECC-292] - bufr_dump -Efortran
• [ECC-293] - bufr_dump -Epython
• [ECC-327] - bufr_dump -EC
• [ECC-295] - codes_set_string_array Fortran
• [ECC-304] - New wave parameters as requested by member state users
• [ECC-310] - Python codes_set_array with strings
• [ECC-348] - BUFR decoding not to fail when wrong data section length
• [ECC-283] - F90/Python: Add functions for setting definitions and samples paths
• [ECC-294] - C function grib_get_data has unused argument 'size'
• [ECC-296] - Use Python distutils to install Python modules
• [ECC-300] - add some BUFR header keys to dump
• [ECC-301] - Add tests for bufr_dump -Efortran feature
• [ECC-323] - bufr_dump should fail if decoding fails
• [ECC-330] - Array size control in grib_fortran.c
• [ECC-334] - BUFR edition 3: bufr_dump does not show the key 'edition'
• [ECC-224] - Make Python and Fortran test for set by rank
• [ECC-251] - typicalDate should be localDate and read only
• [ECC-332] - GRIB-netCDF parameter mappings updates

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-200] - doxygen not working and documentation missing
• [ECC-236] - bufr_ls does not print the right value for unpacked data
• [ECC-286] - bufr_filter not able to set keys names starting with a number
• [ECC-288] - bufr_compare -R key=tolerance does not work
• [ECC-289] - problem encoding string in BUFR non compressed
• [ECC-290] - not possible to set value for operator 205YYY in BUFR
• [ECC-291] - numberOfObservations key in BUFR header conflict with element key name
• [ECC-298] - fortran codes_new_from_samples does not work for BUFR
• [ECC-299] - Fortran error messages in codes_ functions print message with grib_
• [ECC-302] - bufr_compare does not compare attributes
• [ECC-324] - bufr_dump: Segmentation fault
• [ECC-328] - Compiler warning: passing incompatible pointer types on macosx
• [ECC-333] - bufr_compare -H aborting
• [ECC-335] - grib_util_set_spec: Setting edition=2 and deleteLocalDefinition=1 on GRIB1 does not delete the local definition in target GRIB2
• [ECC-338] - Many transient keys are shown in the dump and keys_iterator
• [ECC-317] - Number of values not set correct in JPEG encoded constant field.
• [ECC-319] - GRIBEditionNumber returns "?" if queried as a string
• [ECC-316] - GRIB1: Representation of 'seconds' unit (15) disagrees with WMO table 4 (254)
• [ECC-308] - grib_to_netcdf duplicate grib message error output
• [ECC-331] - grib_get_size returns incorrect size for GRIB 1 'reservedNeedNotBePresent' key

Version 0.16.0 Beta (June 2016)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-280] - Provide feature to build the definition files and samples into the library
  For further details see Memory based access to definition/sample files
  
• [ECC-274] - BUFR tables version 26 to be added to ecCodes
• [ECC-276] - Change BUFR shortNames to avoid clashes in different classes
• [ECC-267] - rename BufrTemplate to bufrTemplate
• [ECC-269] - Provide equivalent of the C function codes_get_string_array in Fortran interface
• [ECC-257] - Debugging: print filename and line number of triggered IF statement
• [ECC-258] - Add support for Météo-France field name translation
• [ECC-250] - bufr header documentation incorrect
• [ECC-253] - Add tests for converting GRIB packingType to PNG
• [ECC-277] - F90 Examples: replace 'double precision' with 'real(8)'
• [ECC-263] - Add functions for setting definitions and samples paths
  
  

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-143] - Error in BUFRDC & eccodes BUFR Table D Version 16
• [ECC-210] - ecCodes Segmentation fault with DWD BUFR-encoded synop data
• [ECC-233] - Stray comma character in BUFR json dump
• [ECC-252] - grib_count_in_file() function does not support multi-field GRIB messages
• [ECC-254] - grib_handle_new_from_message should take const data pointer
• [ECC-255] - Parameters 186/187 (Low/Medium cloud cover) have incorrect WMO GRIB1 codings
• [ECC-256] - Wrong decoding of nested delayed replication
• [ECC-259] - numberOfValues not correctly set when using second order packing with missing values
• [ECC-265] - totalLength of edition 3 BUFR not changed on reshape
• [ECC-270] - Wrongly decoded associated field in TAMDAR data
• [ECC-271] - National and WMO station number elements in BUFR SYNOP data use the same key

Version 0.13.0 Beta (February 2016)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-218] - Implement BUFR edition change 3 to 4
• [ECC-181] - Implement set of key with search by rank
• [ECC-196] - Update the bufr_read_temp example
• [ECC-183] - Implement key BufrTemplate
• [ECC-203] - Remove the function grib_context_new
• [ECC-214] - BUFR tables version 25
• [ECC-219] - BUFR extracting subsets
• [ECC-207] - Make read only delayedDescriptorReplicationFactor and expandedDelayedDescriptorReplicationFactor
• [ECC-208] - Create messages with more than 1 replication when setting unexpandedDescriptors
• [ECC-194] - Change the misleading "grib1" prefix for filenames in the definitions/mars directory

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-197] - Problem in decoding missing repetition blocks in nested repetitions
• [ECC-225] - Key edition in BUFR and good default for internationalDataSubCategory
• [ECC-204] - Python bindings: make numpy a requirement (drop support for python arrays)
• [ECC-206] - Support the GRIB-API environment variable names
• [ECC-213] - Adding section 2 in BUFR produces broken message
• [ECC-220] - Problem decoding some BUFR bitmap elements
• [ECC-223] - Problem decoding wind profiler associated fields

Version 0.12.0 Beta (November 2015)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-128] - Implement encoding of unexpandedDescriptors
• [ECC-133] - Decode and re-encode a BUFR message
• [ECC-150] - Implement codes_set for elements in BUFR data section
• [ECC-158] - Change internal representation and encoding of strings in BUFR
• [ECC-162] - bufr_filter is printing double precision values with %g. Not enough in some cases.
• [ECC-171] - Make users aware of the change of CODES_MISSING_LONG
• [ECC-185] - Implement the concept for bufrTemplate
• [ECC-186] - Put content in the BUFRTemplate.def file
• [ECC-187] - Document bufrTemplate key on the wiki
• [ECC-53] - Make bufr subsets accessible in the API
• [ECC-84] - Fix spelling errors in BUFR key names
• [ECC-141] - Return an array of strings after decoding similar to BUFRDC
• [ECC-149] - Setting unexpandedDescriptors without changing data section
• [ECC-109] - Example for Tropical cyclones
• [ECC-138] - Examples for bufr_filter have disappeared
• [ECC-148] - New test for bufr_compare
• [ECC-169] - wiki changes for 0.12.0 release
• [ECC-175] - Create separate confluence page for tools examples
• [ECC-176] - Update bufr tables in confluence for 0.12.0 release
• [ECC-184] - Create python example to read CSV and encode BUFR
• [ECC-188] - PEP8ify Python examples

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-126] - eccodes can't decode E-AMDAR data from GTS
• [ECC-129] - allocating before calling codes_get in fortran does not work
• [ECC-134] - Case-sensitivity of codetable keys
• [ECC-135] - Test fails when floating point exceptions are enabled
• [ECC-137] - Change syntax of keys for access by rank
• [ECC-140] - Search by condition does not work in some situations
• [ECC-144] - Performance: ecCodes should be as fast as grib api
• [ECC-147] - keys_iterator does not iterate on BUFR data keys
• [ECC-152] - Crash: Calling python codes_set_array() instead of codes_set_double_array()
• [ECC-154] - Python module installs as "grib_api/gribapi.py" instead of "gribapi/__init__.py".
• [ECC-155] - Crash: calling codes_dump from Fortran
• [ECC-156] - CMake: Does not find Jasper (Ubuntu)
• [ECC-160] - ecCodes 0.11.0 and FM35_BUFR sounding data
• [ECC-163] - Valgrind error: running the test bufr_filter.sh
• [ECC-167] - codes_get_X does not search by condition and rank
• [ECC-170] - CODES_MISSING_DOUBLE and CODES_MISSING_LONG not in fortran
• [ECC-172] - attributes not working in search by condition
• [ECC-177] - Valgrind error in search_from_accessors_list: Invalid read
• [ECC-180] - Test failure with cray intel compiler: bufr_subset.sh

Version 0.11.0 Beta (May 2015)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-97] - Add METAR decoder and tests
• [ECC-99] - Implement operator 208XXX and few others
• [ECC-112] - Add test for native type changed by operator
• [ECC-120] - Change wiki examples to comply with distribution
• [ECC-100] - CMake: Rename GRIB_THREADS to ECCODES_THREADS
• [ECC-101] - Skip confusing padding like GRIB or BUFR
• [ECC-103] - bufr_dump option to dump code, scale, reference and width
• [ECC-110] - Create a test for BUFR bad data
• [ECC-116] - Correct BUFR element shortNames

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-85] - Accessing keys by condition does not work in python
• [ECC-102] - Unable to decode high resolution TEMP
• [ECC-104] - Overflow: computing the size of the codetable
• [ECC-107] - BUFR tables missing
• [ECC-108] - Return error when data section is not big enough
• [ECC-111] - Change of scale does not change element type
• [ECC-115] - Problem with bufr operator 205YYY

Version 0.10.0 Beta release (March 2015)