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GRIB-API Deprecated

Added by Carlos Moffat almost 5 years ago

Hi,

I'm maintaining a homebrew formula to install CDO on macs:

https://github.com/moffat/homebrew-sciencebits

because grib-api is deprecated1, and the homebrew team has recently removed the grib-api formula as a result2, I will switch my cdo formula to provide eccodes as an option, which is available from the main homebrew repository. I'm not an expert on the grib-api/eccodes history but it looks like the second is largely backwards-compatible with the first. If there's a good reason to keep the grib-api formula around, I will try to add it back to my repository.

Thoughts on this are welcome.

Best,
Carlos

[1] https://confluence.ecmwf.int//display/GRIB/Home
[2] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/46924


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RE: GRIB-API Deprecated - Added by Ralf Mueller almost 5 years ago

Hi Carlos!
eccodes is the official follow-up of grib-api from ECMWF. I see no reason to stay with grib_api since eccodes fully replaces it.

hth
ralf

RE: GRIB-API Deprecated - Added by Carlos Moffat almost 5 years ago

Hi Ralf,

Great, I've now updated the formula and will carry on using ecCodes from now on.

Best,
Carlos

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