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HDF5-1.10

Added by Kostas S about 8 years ago

Hi all,

I would like to hear your opinions about the new version of hdf5-1.10. According to HDF Group (https://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/): "Two releases of HDF5 are available for download. HDF5-1.10 can read files created with earlier releases, but earlier releases such as HDF5-1.8 may not be able to read HDF5-1.10 files."

The new version 1.10, would be used soon for production? Or is it wise to stay in version 1.8.16?
I think that there would be many problems for exchanging data. You have to clarify the version of hdf5.

I already install the new version with netcdf 4.4.0 and cdo 1.7.2rc2 for testing, and when you use these files in a machine with older hdf5 version, you get this message from cdo: "Unknown Error"


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RE: HDF5-1.10 - Added by Ralf Mueller about 8 years ago

Thanks for the testing!

IMO

  • don't update unless you really need the new features
  • if you update, you should have your workflow tools ready for using both version, i.e. create two binaries, one for each version
  • if YOU produce/get data written with 1.10, build your CDO binary with that version - that's why CDO is basically a source code release. users can customize it to their needs
  • not sure, but: Do you need a precompiled binary?

AFAIK

  • nothing new is ever used in production
  • Rom wasn't built in a day
  • Yes, weekend!

RE: HDF5-1.10 - Added by Kostas S about 8 years ago

Thank you for your feedback Ralf. :)

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