[awips2-users] Unidata AWIPS 18.1.1-6 Release

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• Subject: [awips2-users] Unidata AWIPS 18.1.1-6 Release
• From: Michael James <mjames@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:23:38 -0600

Hello AWIPS users. An 18.1.1-6 update is available today for Linux (macOS
and Windows updates to follow):

Release Notes (from https://github.com/Unidata/awips2/releases/tag/18.1.1-6
):

   - Updates to Surface, NCEP/Hydro, Upper Air menus and bundles, including
   return of SIGMET/AIRMET menu.
   - Fix for the reprojection of MetarSurfaceTemp data.
   - Fix coloring of MetarSurfaceTemp data to avoid rendering of point data
   as black-on-black.
   - Added RTOFS to LDM/EDEX, as well as CAVE menus and data bundles.
   - Linux-specific fix for CAVE to allow for RPM updates.
   - Linux-specific EDEX dependency updates to include net-tools.
   - LDM updated to version 6.13.10.


To update CAVE for Linux (as root):

   -  yum clean all
   - yum groupupdate awips2-cave


To update EDEX for Linux (as root):

   - edex stop
   - yum clean all && yum groupupdate awips2-server
   - edex start



Michael James
Unidata Program Center
Boulder, CO