Re: Status of netcdf

[Ross Gammon <ross@the-gammons.net>]

On 08/12/2014 09:34 AM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since a bug (with patch) against netcdf (#757884) affects a Debian
> Med package (minc, #716119) I had a quick look what I coudl do for
> netcdf. I realised that it is lagging behind upstream several
> versions and has several open bugs (some of them hanging around
> with available patch).
> 
> Since I have no idea what might be the most sensible course of
> action I wonder what the plans with this package might be.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Andreas.
> 

Hi Andreas,

I just took a look at netcdf to see if I could help, and there are a few
things to check up on and fix! There are a lot of reverse dependencies
that would need to be checked with any update (partially edited list
below - not from unstable).

Looking at git, there have been some imports of newer versions, and some
work in separate branches by Nico & Alistair, and of course Gilles'
recent NMU for hdf5 to incorporate.

But like you, it would be difficult for me to start on netcdf without
knowing what the plans were from Nico, Alistair or Frankie.

Regards,

Ross

libnetcdf-dev
Reverse Depends:
  libvtk6-dev
  libvtk5-dev
  libminc-dev
  libhdf4-alt-dev
  libgmt-dev
  libgdal-dev
  libexodusii-dev
  libetsf-io-dev
  libdx4-dev

libnetcdfc++4
Reverse Depends:
  libvtk5.8
  libmagplus3
  kst

libnetcdfc7
Reverse Depends:
  ncl-ncarg
  libncarg0
  libnetcdfc7:i386
  v-sim-plugins
  ruby-netcdf
  python-netcdf
  python-cmor
  octave-octcdf
  ncview
  nco
  ncl-ncarg
  minc-tools
  libpdl-netcdf-perl
  libncarg0
  libminc2-3
  libgmt4
  libgdal1h
  libexodusii5
  libdx4
  libcmor2
  libcdi0
  libadios-bin
  gri
  grads
  grace
  gnudatalanguage
  gmt
  ferret-vis
  dx

libnetcdff5
Reverse Depends:
  oasis3-examples
  oasis3
  liboasis3-0d
  ferret-vis
  etsf-io
  cdftools

netcdf-bin
Reverse Depends:
  minc-tools