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 6 October 2021 09:00 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
- TEMS
Do I need to do anything?
We strongly recommend you test that your programs, scripts and suites work with the new versions of any software or library affected before the change happens.
Table of contents
Highlights
Software stack ready for next operational IFS cycle
With the upcoming Implementation of IFS Cycle 47r3, this set of defaults is ready to handle the data produced, including all the new parameters introduced in this cycle.
ECMWF software improvements
See the blog posts for the latest two software releases to learn about what is new in some of our own software packages and libraries such as ecCodes, Magics or Metview.
All the new versions come with a number of bug fixes and improvements. You may see the changelogs for any individual package or library in the list below if you want to have all the details.
How to use the new versions for testing BEFORE the update
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 oct21 tag in modules. For example:
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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 will be able to revert to the old default versions. These can be selected with the commands:
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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.
Change list
This table summarises the changes in the version of the different packages:
| Package | Default version | Notes | Download page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | |||
| BUFRDC | 4.6.4 | 4.6.5 | No changes to the library, just updated BUFR tables | - |
| CodesUI | 1.5.1 | 1.5.4 | CodesUI - Change History | CodesUI - Releases |
| ecCodes | 2.21.0 | 2.23.0 | ecCodes Releases | |
| ecFlow | 4.17.2 | 4.17.2 no change | ecFlow Releases | |
| ecFlow/5 | 5.6.3 | 5.7.0 | ecFlow Releases | |
| Magics | 4.6.0 | 4.9.3 | Latest News | Magics Releases |
| Metview | 5.11.1 | 5.13.2 | Metview Releases Metview Bundle | |
| ODC | 1.3.0 | 1.4.1 | - | - |
| ODB API | 0.19.5 | 0.19.5 no change | Change history | ODB API Release |
| Quaver | 1.4.6.4 | 2.0.8.1 | See the Quaver 2 migration page. | - |
| ECMWF toolbox | 2021.03.1.0 | 2021.08.0.0 | Only available on Atos Systems | - |
| CDO | 1.9.10 | 1.9.10-01 | Same CDO version, with updated ecCodes 2.23.0 | - |
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.
Please see the Release notes for full details of the changes implemented in each package.