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Hi Becky, > I got a question from our support folks here -- when was the last update > to the netCDF software and when is the next one planned? The most recent update to the netCDF C software (which includes the core C library and the netCDF utilities ncdump, ncgen, nccopy, and nc-config) was on August 3, 2012, version 4.2.1.1. The announcement was made onthe address@hidden mailing list: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/netcdfgroup/2012/msg00243.html There are also independent releases of software for other languages, including Java, Fortran, and C++. The dates and announcements for those libraries were: NetCDF-Java (also referred to as "CDM") version 4.3.12, August 3, 2012 http://mailman.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/netcdf-java/2012/msg00194.html NetCDF-Fortran, version 4.2, October 3, 2011: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/netcdfgroup/2011/msg00370.html NetCDF-C++, version 4.2, September 30, 2011 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/netcdfgroup/2011/msg00365.html These four releases are developed separately, and have separate release plans. We plan to release netCDF-C 4.3 in about 3 months. NetCDF-Java has more frequent minor releases. NetCDF-C++ depends on a third-party contributor in the UK, Lynton Appel, so we can't really predict when that will occur, although we expect an upgrade before the end of the year. NetCDF-Fortran is due for an upgrade in the next month or so. --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WKB-975760 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed