LIVVkit/LIVVkit: LIVVkit 2.1.5

We are pleased to present LIVVkit v2.1.4

LIVVkit is a python-based toolkit for verification and validation of Ice Sheet Models. It aims to provide the following capabilities:

Model V&V

Numerical verification -- "Are we solving the equations correctly?"
Physical validation -- "Are we using the right physics?"

Software V&V

Code verification -- "did we build what we wanted?"
Performance validation -- "did we build what the users wanted?"

You can view the latest documentation here.

Changelog:

This release:

• Fixes uninstalled CLI in v2.1.4 PyPI package (woops!)

2.1.4 release:

• updates the livv CLI for better machine interoperability

2.1.3 release:

• Brings back the merge_dicts function used in livv that was removed previously
• Fixes some text in the README and documentation
• No longer imports numpy in the setup.py file

2.1.2 release:

• Cleans up quite a bit of the underlying code (style, naming mostly)
• Fixes the serve option so that it can view past analyses
• Updates some of the PyPI packaging stuff for the new PyPI
• Fixes misuse of the pip API
• Adds some basic unit testing (via pytest -> tox -> travis-ci)
• Brings the documentation up to date

2.1.1 release:

• json_tricks backwards incompatibility issue and pins version to 3.11.0
• updates license scripts to preserve original permissions when modifying a file