[netCDF #CYF-313110]: Help on building netCDF 4.0 for windows

Hi Ajit,

> Does NetCDF 4.x have a specific requirement for the latest HDF5
> release (1.8.3)? Or can we simply go with 1.8.2?

You can just use 1.8.2, as far as I know.

> I know HDF5 versions 1.8.2 to 1.8.3 may have some
> fixes/enhancements, but as long as we are not directly dealing with
> the HDF5 API, I was curious whether NetCDF 4.x requires the latest
> HDF5 for all its 4.x features to be activated.

No, if it depends on anything from later than 1.8.1, it's a bug.
There was a significant performance bug when accessing compressed or
chunked data that was fixed in 1.8.3, but the somewhat slower results
using 1.8.2 were still correct.

> Even if there is no current need for the latest HDF5, I will rely on
> your NetCDF web pages to suitably warn us if a specific version is
> needed.

That sounds good, and we'll announce such dependencies to the
address@hidden mailing list as well, if they are
required.

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: CYF-313110
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed