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task #10719: Submission of NetCDF tools

Submitter:  Ivan Shmakov <oneingray>
Submitted:  Mon 25 Oct 2010 09:10:41 PM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Mon 25 Oct 2010 05:00:00 PM UTC Should be Finished on:  Thu 04 Nov 2010 06:00:00 PM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Done Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  alexfernandez Open/Closed:  Closed
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Wed 10 Nov 2010 06:25:04 PM UTC, comment #2: 

I'm now moving the package to Savannah.  Thanks!

Sure, I should mention the package's licenses in README, thanks for pointing it out.

As for the Public Domain issue, I'll probably use Wikicommon's solution (check, e. g., File:Thessalon_Ontario.PNG there.)

Ivan Shmakov <oneingray>
Tue 09 Nov 2010 10:48:10 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi Ivan,

I am reviewing your submission on behalf of Savannah. Everything seems to be alright, so I am approving it. I have a couple of comments though:

  • You might want to state in the README file clearly that the package as a whole is under the GPL, while the docs are under the GFDL.
  • I see that you have placed several pieces in the public domain, but I am not sure that this is a valid procedure in all jurisdictions; the protection allowed by Free software licenses (GPL, even the BSD 3-clause) might be better suited.


Welcome, and have fun!



I've approved your project--welcome on board! :-)

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Happy hacking!

Alex Fernandez <alexfernandez>
Mon 25 Oct 2010 09:10:41 PM UTC, original submission:  

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  • Name: NetCDF tools
  • System Name:  netcdf-tools
  • Type: non-GNU software & documentation
  • License: GNU General Public License v3 or later (This package contains some Public Domain bits and pieces just as well.)





Description:

The NetCDF tools are a few tools to operate on NetCDF and, by utilizing the compatibility API, HDF4 files, and intended to be used from the Shell scripts.

The NetCDF tools package is currently comprised of a couple of simplistic wrappers over the respective NetCDF functions (ncattget and ncattput), callable from Shell, and a more sophisticated ncget tool.

NetCDF files are in many ways similar to archive files (such as, e. g., .tar, .a or .zip), but instead of files (or, rather, octet strings), they are designed to contain multi-dimensional arrays (also called fields or variables) and the related metadata (in a form of global and per-array attributes.)  Unfortunately, the NetCDF package offers little support for what one may consider usual archive operations, such as extracting a particular array (in whole or in part), or accessing the value of an attribute.  This package is to fill this gap.

The initial revision of the ncget tool was developed back in 2006, and was in active use at the Altai State University ever since.  However, it wasn't until early 2010 that the package was released for a wider audience.


Other Software Required:

NetCDF + BSD Original + http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/
HDF4 + BSD + http://www.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf4/


Other Comments:

I'm not quite sure that I'll be able to spend much time on this package.  However, I hope that by hosting it on Savannah I'll allow for easier access to it by any potential volunteers to come.

May also be of interest:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/netcdf-tools/


Tarball URL:

http://waterlily.am-1.org/~ivan/src/netcdf-tools-0.1-rc1+1288040860.tar.gz


Ivan Shmakov <oneingray>

 

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