NetCDF 4.4.1 RC2, NetCDF CXX4 4.3.0 & NetCDF Fortran 4.4.4
The second NetCDF 4.4.1 release candidate has been published along with
the 4.3.0 release of the modern NetCDF C++ interface (netcdf-cxx) and
NetCDF Fortran 4.4.4. [0]
Both netcdf-cxx (4.3.0+ds-2) and netcdf-fortan (4.4.4+ds-1) are
available in unstable, because neither require a transition. Only some
new symbols in libnetcdff, and libnetcdf_c++4 has no reverse
dependencies yet. The legacy NetCDF C++ interface packaged in
netcdf-cxx-legacy is not expected to get a new release ever again, so
its reverse dependencies should consider moving to the modern C++ interface.
NetCDF-C 4.4.1 RC2 unexpectedly reverted the SOVERSION from 12 to 11,
which the commit history documents as unintended, but the symbols
changes between 4.4.0 and 4.4.1 RC1 confirm was correct. Depending on
the outcome of the discussion in the upstream issue tracker [1] we may
need to change the library package name to libnetcdf11a if upstream
decides to stick to SOVERSION 11 as we'll do need a transition.
I'm still not sure yet when the final NetCDF 4.4.1 release will be made,
but I don't think it will take long.
[0]
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/netcdfgroup/2016/msg00122.html
[1] https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/262
Kind Regards,
Bas
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