CDAT/cdat: CDAT 8.1

The CDAT team is pleased to announce the release of CDAT version 8.1

This is mainly a bug fixes release and we are encouraging all of you to update.

CDAT is distributed via anaconda:

conda create -n cdat81  -c cdat/label/v81 -c conda-forge cdat

Major changes in v8.1

• Improved documentation
• Unified BSD3 licences
• General improvements in test suite and distribution: All repos now report coverage and produce "noarch" conda distribution when possible
• VCS now using VTK context2 and OpenGL2
• EzPlot added to vcsaddons: Better looking default plots for 1D plots.
• cdms read performance improvements
• cdms uses latest version of NetCDF

Releases Notes from Github Repos for Milestone: 8.1 vcs Closed Issues bug

• **: template.tunits seems to be disabled
• **: portrait plot does not work with python 3 env
• **: cannot replace the default font
• **: text objects with prjection are broken
• **: vcs .addfont seems broken
• **: when 1d is flipped or 2 arrays are passed template shows min/max for xaxis not data
• **: Taylor Diagram with EzTemplate (#300)
• **: Taylor diagram loses y-axis with 2.12 version
• **: 3d_scalar seg faults on mac
• **: 1D plots are taking longer than expected (#334)

enhancement

• **: Color maps could look better

invalid

• **: Postscript files are truncated on Mac OS X Sierra

question

• **: Tick label size adjustment
• **: Plot creates new graphics method objects
• **: viewport error for polar map projection

Merged Pull Requests

• #118: otherwise will push on every commit
• #120: correct travis syntax
• #123: 121 missing value opacity
• #131: Doctest cleanup
• #295: Ez plot
• #297: Cdat logo
• #302: cdtime broken for py3
• #316: [WIP] Log axes 2d
• #317: fix #251
• #319: Test for fillarea concave.
• #378: Fix some places where the truncation fix was missed
• #389: Add support for the 'reference' attribute on the vector gm

Known Bugs Other

b" b'vector linewidth not working'" b" b'template x/ymintics1 seems to be using line property of x/ytic1 for last label'" b" b'text disappear in png with bg=False'" b" b'Black png returned when using a vnc session'"

Unable to find milestone 8.1

cdutil Closed Issues Merged Pull Requests

• #6: Documentation
• #7: Is monthly cal bug
• #8: add License files for conda-forge
• #22: Issu#136 region

Known Bugs

No known issues!

genutil Closed Issues enhancement

• **: Docstrings (#22, #21)

Merged Pull Requests

• #7: Documentation
• #8: add License files for conda-forge

Known Bugs

No known issues!

dv3d Closed Issues Merged Pull Requests

• #24: forcing 3.6 python

Known Bugs

No known issues!

vcsaddons Closed Issues enhancement

• **: parallelcoordinate plot fails if number of linecolors is greater than actual number of lines (#33)

Merged Pull Requests

• #18: Ez plot
• #19: almost all fixed
• #20: Fixed EzPlot tests.
• #38: Bad conda
• #39: no dowgrade

Known Bugs

No known issues!

Releases Notes from Github Repos for Milestone: 3.1 cdms Closed Issues bug

• **: axis.clone does not clone anymore! (#272)
• **: Axis units in .attributes and .units not equal (#267)
• **: nightlies broken
• **: Shapes not aligned rrror when appending to a FileVariable in Python 3
• **: regrid broken?
• **: nc4 classic file can't be edited

cdms2

• **: cdms not using latest netcdf.

critical

• **: Extreme CPU load ~3100% during variable read from netcdf
• **: OSX ESMF authentication

enhancement

• **: Propagate errors with context management
• **: cdms2 (NetCDF) maximum dimension name length is 256
• **: cdms2 axis cannot have dictionary as attribute values

help wanted

• **: cdms logo

question

• **: Augment cdms2.createAxis to accept "missing" argument

Merged Pull Requests

• #72: Verify that MV2.mean() works properly
• #74: Adds support for **kwargs to MV2 operation classes
• #75: added script to log in myproxy, needed for opendap esgf
• #76: Fix #7 NC_STRING Support.
• #80: otherwise will push on every commit
• #82: correct travis syntax
• #83: Glib2 travis issue [WIP]
• #84: missing_value = 'N/A' led to fail
• #86: Issue32
• #88: Adding badges in readme
• #89: Issue78 strvar
• #90: Fix #87 ESMF periodicity
• #91: add test for conda-forge
• #92: Circleci mac
• #93: Condaforgetest
• #95: Revert "Condaforgetest"
• #96: Revert "add test for conda-forge"
• #97: issue #4 a.mean() fixed!
• #210: removing dropbox code from run_tests.py
• #211: Fix cdscan using opendap
• #212: change conda-build
• #213: Cdms2
• #222: Fixesmf
• #223: Cdmsdocsmerge
• #224: Fixesmf
• #227: Issue#225
• #230: Issue#225
• #297: Docstanya
• #298: Docstanya
• #301: V3.1.0 1
• #302: upload 3.7
• #303: recompile liners on mac

Known Bugs Other

b" b'ESMF conservative blending when you have missing values'" b" b'netcdf string variables unable to be read'" b' * b"cdms2 seg faults when using unknown \'+rw\' mode for opening a file"'

cdtime Closed Issues bug

• **: On mac, py27, cdat8 and nightly fail when installed from cdat channels
• **: mac nightlies seem broken
• **: time comparisons

enhancement

• **: cdtime nightly not generated.

Merged Pull Requests

• #13: Issue 10 exception
• #14: change conda_upload.sh to use variant in conda build
• #15: update conda-upload to use conda-build 3.2.2
• #36: V3.1.0 1
• #37: V3.1.2

Known Bugs

No known issues!