[netcdfgroup] 4.3.3.1 in Debian

• To: netcdfgroup <netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: [netcdfgroup] 4.3.3.1 in Debian
• From: Nico Schlömer <nico.schloemer@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 06:39:44 +0000

Hi everyone,

It's been a long way coming, and after some hard work we've finally managed
to get netCDF 4.3.3.1 in Debian experimental yesterday [1]. We'll work on
the incoming bug reports, and somewhere in the next couple of weeks it
should be promoted to unstable [2] from where it can be distributed further
into the other distributions.

The switch from 4.1.3 to 4.3.3.1 was a major effort, particularly since C++
and Fortran interfaces were broken out and the default build system
changed. What had made it easier is how swift and gracefully pull requests
to master are handled in netCDF. Future releases (like 4.4.0) should go in
faster.

Cheers,
Nico

[1] https://tracker.debian.org/news/688997
[2] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/netcdf