Hi Michael, Sorry, somehow in my previous message my google slides link got cut off. Please see:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nhD3_fZmVcmBnq9NiMBYeDMsxr5kIimI7dE9NNUQJEM/edit?usp=sharing It's a little outdated compared to the other materials I just sent (particularly the development plan), but it explains the motivation behind the new API. Thanks, Alex -----Original Message----- From: Michael Anderson <michael.arthur.ander...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 8:53 AM To: dev@climate.apache.org Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [DISCUSS] Retire OCW? That’s pretty interesting. I like adding incremental features with the goal of replacing rather than outright demise of the old library. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 20, 2019, at 11:08 AM, Goodman, Alexander (US 398K) > <alexander.good...@jpl.nasa.gov.invalid> wrote: > > Since the plots didn't attach in the last message, here they are: > > https://i.imgur.com/mAuq0R5.png > https://i.imgur.com/TeRYSPI.png > > Thanks, > Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: Goodman, Alexander (US 398K) > <alexander.good...@jpl.nasa.gov.INVALID> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 8:05 AM > To: dev@climate.apache.org > Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: [DISCUSS] Retire OCW? > > Hi Michael, > > Please see this overview slide: > https://i.imgur.com/VnijQ5C.png > > Here is also a link of some older slides which have a lot more details: > https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nhD3_fZmVcmBnq9NiMBYeDMsxr5kIi > mI7dE9NNUQJEM/edit?usp=sharing > > I also created an end-to-end processing benchmark that I compared with the > current OCW, which I have attached in two plots: One with regridding and one > without, since the difference is so vast. I first presented these results at > the AMS Annual meeting last year in Phoenix. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > Thanks, > Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Anderson <michael.arthur.ander...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:59 PM > To: dev@climate.apache.org > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [DISCUSS] Retire OCW? > > Do you have an overview of the new library you could share? It'd be > interesting how big the gap between the old and new would be / rough LOE to > add parity. > >> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 7:35 PM Alex Goodman <good...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Hi Lewis, >> >> To add some more specifics, the new xarray-based API I have developed >> for OCW called BCDP (Big Climate Data Pipeline) has recently been >> approved for release to open source. Keep in mind, this is a >> completely new API that is not backwards compatible, so we were >> planning to maintain both the old and new API under one repository >> (either as separate subfolders or git >> branches) until the new API has enough functionality to fully replace >> the old one. To accelerate this process and encourage more >> development, both Kyo and I are seeking some additional funding >> sources which we should be more certain about early next year. When I >> first conceived BCDP, I was originally planning on releasing it to >> open source as a separate project outside of OCW, but after some >> discussion we thought that it would be better to maintain the OCW brand for >> it if possible. >> >> Does this make sense? >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >>> On 2019/11/20 00:17:22, lewis john mcgibbney <lewi...@apache.org> wrote: >>> I got this from Kyo offline >>> >>> “There is enough motivation to keep OCW going. Alex has almost >>> refactored OCW and Seungwon Lee's CMDA will be a part of OCW.” >>> >>> Some of us will remember that CMDA was retired from the Apache >>> Incubator previously. >>> >>> It would be great if these plans could be hashed out on the mailing >>> list >> so >>> we can move forward either way. >>> >>> Lewis >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 09:32 Lewis John Mcgibbney < >>> lewis.mcgibb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Folks, >>>> Project activity is very low and new contributions are not being >> reviewed. >>>> Simply, is it time to retire OCW to the Apache Attic? >>>> Best >>>> Lewis >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> *Lewis* >>>> Dr. Lewis J. McGibbney Ph.D, B.Sc >>>> *Skype*: lewis.john.mcgibbney >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> http://home.apache.org/~lewismc/ >>> http://people.apache.org/keys/committer/lewismc >>> >>
