Inconsistencies regarding ropp_build

[Ian Culverwell]

Helpdesk 351 enquirer (Hui Liu, UCAR) notes that:

dear sirs,

I did the command:
tar -zxvf ropp-9.0.tar.gz

but I did find the directory ropp_build/. any suggestions for this?

thanks.

hui

My reply:

Thank you for your enquiry.

The ropp_builds directory, which contains various tools to help the 
user to build ROPP, can be downloaded from the ROPP-9.0 --> CODES 
folder (item 99) at

http://www.romsaf.org/ropp/files.php

As far as I can see, it has never been part of the 'entire' tarball
distribution.

All the elements of ropp_build (buildpack, the mini configuration 
files, etc) are included in the main tarball, so you should not need 
them.

I understand your confusion, however.  The Release Notes clearly say 
that ropp_build _is_ included in the main tarball, so we will fix 
that at the next release.  Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

So we need to sort this out.

[Ian Culverwell]

Hui also suggests

could "romsaf_ropp_user_guide_pp.pdf" be more easy and 
meaningful than "romsaf_ropp_ug_pp.pdf"?
just a quick thought.

I replied

Dear Hui,

Thanks, we’ll think about it.  I think perhaps 
romsaf_ropp_pp_user_guide.pdf would be even better, since 
it’s the user guide for the ropp_pp module.

I’ve updated the development ticket to consider the idea.

Regards,
Ian.

Ditto 'ov' --> 'overview' etc.

[Ian Culverwell]

And rm --> 'reference_manual'.

[Ian Culverwell]

The Release Notes have been updated at r5519.

The other changes will have to await consideration at ROPP10.0. Changing milestone (and type) acccordingly.

[warrick]

I've sorted out the first part of this ticket in r5804. So now the ropp_build folder is included in the tarball.

[Ian Culverwell]

I confirm that ropp_build is now part of the tarball. The other aspects of the ticket, concerning renaming, can be relegated to 'whenever' status.