CCPP Framework Meeting Minutes 2023 10 16

Agenda

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

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Attendees: Mike Kavulich,

GitHub issues/PRs

CCPP Framework

• PR 495: Constituents
  • A few comments from Steve and myself
  • It would be nice to have some sort of documentation or presentation on how these constituents work. Or maybe even on capgen in general compared to prebuild.
• Issue 500: Integrate prebuild tests into capgen CI
  • Resolved with #494?
• Issue 501: Convert old python strings to f-strings
• PR 503: initialized_set_block bug fix
  • Still waiting on tests from John Michalakes?
• Issue 505: feature/capgen: bug in standard_name_to_long_name (in var_props.py: 'VariableProperty' object is not subscriptable
• Capgen Unit Conversions: draft PRs for discussion
  • PR 504: Feature capgen unit conversions
  • PR 506: NOT TO MERGE, JUST TO LOOK AT: working towards unit conversion using VarCompat object

Standard names

• Issue 42: Want Github Action to ensure standard names are following character rules
  • Have started work on this, hopefully PR soon
• PR 47: Add CCPP metadata file standard name checking script
  • Some unresolved discussion
• Issue 50: Add suffix to indicate a 3D field has an additional point above the model top
  • Related: PR 51 (draft): Add including_point_above_model_top suffix

New items for discussion

Updates from last time

Previous notes

Abstract classes summary document

Thanks for everyone who provided comments/suggestions so far

• Working towards a model-agnostic interface for chemistry, aerosol, and atmospheric models

Other business

• New EPIC code manager (Janet) looking to document points-of-contact for code management purposes. I volunteered myself as tribute, but we should probably have a CGD rep as well.

Meeting notes