Re: [netcdfgroup] New problem accessing netcdf with Gradle

I found a discussion in the netcdf-java github repository discussing this and 
the issue appears to be resolved.

https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-java/discussions/1432

Thank you to those in the shadows who got it fixed!

Ricky

> I think netcdf-java recently bumped up the Spring framework version
> requirement. I don't recall the details, but I think the minimum java
> version also got bumped.
> 
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM Wohler, Bill (ARC-TN)[SETI INSTITUTE] <
> bill.wohler@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > [I had sent this message to the support mailing list, but got an automatic
> > reply that operations are paused until funding resumes and that I should
> > send my question here. I understand that you won't be able to fix the
> > problem, but perhaps you can suggest some workarounds until the problem can
> > be fixed. My current thinking is that it should be possible to copy the
> > library to a local Maven repository and point my build at that. What do you
> > think?]
> >
> > We just started getting the following error out of the blue when compiling
> > our Java code with Gradle that makes use of the netcdf libraries.
> >
> >      > Could not resolve edu.ucar:netcdf4:4.6.+.
> > Required by:
> >      project :code:spoc-protobuf
> >   > Failed to list versions for edu.ucar:netcdf4.
> >      > Unable to load Maven meta-data from
> > https://artifacts.unidata.ucar.edu/repository/unidata-all/edu/ucar/netcdf4/maven-metadata.xml
> > .
> > > Could not HEAD '
> > https://artifacts.unidata.ucar.edu/repository/unidata-all/edu/ucar/netcdf4/maven-metadata.xml'.
> > Received status code 403 from server: Forbidden
> >
> > What's weird is that I can access maven-metadata.xml just fine with my
> > browser or with curl. Have you seen this problem? Do you have any idea what
> > might be the source of the problem?
> >
> > We've been using the netcdf library in our build.gradle files for a long
> > time like this:
> >
> >     repositories {
> >         mavenCentral()
> >         maven {
> >             url = "
> > https://artifacts.unidata.ucar.edu/repository/unidata-all/";;
> >         }
> >     }
> >     ...
> >     dependencies {
> >         ...
> >         implementation 'edu.ucar:netcdf4:4.6.+'
> > ...
> >     }
> >
> > Interestingly, this error went away when I used "implementation
> > 'edu.ucar:netcdf4:+'", which will match the highest available version. I
> > was surprised to see that it downloaded version 4.5.5, not a more recent
> > version! That might indicate a problem with the last update of your
> > metadata. (Version 4.6, which we're still using, seems to add Closeable to
> > NetcdfFileWriter, which we are taking advantage of with try-with-resources,
> > so our code is broken with the older version.)
> >
> > Thanks, I look forward to hearing from you.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Bill Wohler <Bill.Wohler@xxxxxxxx> aka <wohler@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cell: 650-380-1804
> >
> > --
> >
> > Bill Wohler <Bill.Wohler@xxxxxxxx> aka <wohler@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cell: 650-380-1804
> > _______________________________________________
> >
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> > National Science Foundation (NSF),
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> -   References:
>     -   [netcdfgroup] New problem accessing netcdf with Gradle
>         -   From: Wohler, Bill (ARC-TN)[SETI INSTITUTE


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