Hi Gilbert!
UQAM is now upgraded to 6.13.10...! No problem so far.
Thanks!
Christian
On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 9:08 PM Gilbert Sebenste <gilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Two hours after the release of LDM 6.13.8, I was checking on a server
> in-house and did an ldmping to another server. It worked! But then I hit
> CTRL-C, and I couldn't break out of it.
>
> Ruh roh.
>
> In an attempt to synchronize signals in the LDM, I had found a whoopsie.
> LDM 6.13.10 fixes that bug.
>
> I have been using 6.13.10 for a day now, and I've been looking for any
> bugs/weirdness. So far, so good. Everything works as intended. Sorry I
> didn't catch that two hours earlier, folks.
>
> I know, at this point, you could be thinking:
>
> 1. Gilbert's finding all these boooooogs! It's not stable!
> 2. OK, I'm tired of updating my LDM. Can't I go to the beach now?
>
> In reference to #1, 6.13.7 and later were far more stable than 6.13.6.
> Having to manually kill a process from a program that doesn't often get
> used doesn't make it unstable. And, the throughput improvement and the
> memory usage improvements are major compared to 6.13.6. You don't have to
> have partial feeds requiring multiple request lines to get the entire feed
> timely anymore. Oh, and the security holes in 6.13.6 and earlier...patched.
> Isn't THAT alone worth the upgrade?
>
> Yes, yes it is. So, the College of DuPage and AllisonHouse are all on
> 6.13.10 with no issues noted (and I just found out with the next soon to be
> released UNIDATA AWIPS update, LDM-6.3.10 will be included). Please, go for
> it. Update it, you won't regret it! Especially if you have a newer
> processor: 6.13.6 and earlier might not compile on them. And if you have a
> NOAAport ingestor, this is a mandatory update if you want a reliable
> ingest. This thing blows circles around LDM 6.13.6 and earlier, where you
> can also very easily upgrade your GEMPAK tables as new grids/models come
> out. Not to mention, it doesn't bog down, crash, or do the funky things it
> used to do. All of that is long gone. I'm looking at you, National Weather
> Service....I know the issues you have had with 6.13.6 and earlier on ingest
> machines...this should take care of it, as it did for us at AllisnHouse and
> at the College of DuPage.
>
> So there. Update, then head to Key West. After this winter, you earned it.
>
> Gilbert
>
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>
> Gilbert Sebenste
> Consulting Meteorologist
> AllisonHouse, LLC
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