CCPP Framework Meeting Minutes 2024 04 22

Agenda

• GitHub issues/PRs
• New items
• Updates
• Other business
• notes

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Attendees: Mike Kavulich,

GitHub issues/PRs

CCPP Framework (issues, PRs, discussions)

• PR 549: Constituent updates
  • Has comments from Steve, still needs one more review
• Issue 553: Rethink CCPP framework development cycle and branch structure
  • Still needs discussion/decision
• PR 555: Cleanup, adding unit tests for ccpp_track_variables.py, activate "chunked data" CI test
  • Approved, waiting for testing?
• PR 556: Add missing MPI target in src/CMakeLists.txt
  • Approved, waiting for testing

Standard names (issues, PRs, discussions)

• Issue 57: Feedback on the meaning of: sea_ice_area_fraction_of_sea_area_fraction
  • I still need to update this with latest discoveries about inconsistent use
• Issue 58: Variable name changing policy and procedures
  • Associated PR: PR 66: Add CODEOWNERS
    • Almost ready, just waiting on one more invitation to be accepted
• PR 62: Update Standard Name Rules table for dimensionless units, change variables improperly using "1" to "fraction"
  • Per discussion, "frac" was updated to "fraction"
• Issue 63: Dealing with unusual units
  • Updated with proposal for "other" units
• PR 65: Add a rule to clarify vertical stagger suffixes
  • Merged, but followed up with #67 and #68:
• PR 67: Use of plural for _in_atmosphere_layer
• PR 68: Need a versioning system

New items for discussion

Updates from last time

Previous notes

Other business

Meeting notes