Re: 20001111: GEMPAK distribution

Steve,

Thank you very much for getting us set up; considering that COMET charges for
garp (or at least I thought they did), I'm glad you left that package out of
the mix - we are not licensed for it.  We having been using NMAP since last
spring, and have found it to be an adequate gui . . .

We will gladly supply any bug fixes that we resolve - in a patch or diff format
- for ease of Unidata integration to the benefit of other users.  Our tact to is
to contribute as long as NCEP and Unidata find it a benefit.

Thanks again!

Stonie

On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Unidata Support wrote:
> Stonie,
> 
> We have been hosting our user committee meetings this week
> (immediately on the heels of our training workshops
> we just held) and have been moving out of our current offices
> for remodeling, so our administrative staff has not resolved all
> the details for providing our GEMPAK distribution as of yet.
> 
> One aspect we don't have worked out yet is if we will be able to
> provide COMET's garp distribution within our distribution. We also do
> not have the servelet license server available at this time, so
> we do not have an automated download proceedure established at this time.
> That task will probably be completed after the new year.
> 
> In order for you to obtain GEMPAK 5.6 as quickly as possible,
> I have posted our distribution of GEMPAK 5.6 for you to download
> This tarfile has everything in our distribution except COMET's garp package.
> Building and installation instructions are found on our server under
> /packages/gempak/GEMPAK5.6. If we are later able to provide Garp within our
> distribution, I will let you know. 
> 
> Our main limitations with providing GEMPAK to you is that we do not have
> the resources available to provide user support outside the university
> community. You may use the gembud email list as well as our online
> support archives. We cannot make any guarantees as to our ability to
> fix any bugs or warrant the use of the software. Basically, use at your
> own risk. If you have any information regarding bug fixes etc.,
> I would welcome them being sent to our support address, though we
> may not be able to do anything in regards to them. 
> 
> Steve Chiswell
> Unidata User Support
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