You bet, Christian, and I appreciate it! Take care and enjoy!
Gilbert
> On Mar 8, 2019, at 4:44 AM, Christian Pagé <page.christian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>> --
>> ----
>>
>> Gilbert Sebenste
>> Consulting Meteorologist
>> AllisonHouse, LLC
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