Whats new in the netCDF 3.6.0 release?
Version 3.6.0 includes improved large file support, simplified installation, bug fixes, and portability enhancements to version 3.5. The original netCDF file format is still supported as the default, so files written with version 3.6.0 can be read with previous versions and vice versa. Existing source code requires no code changes. Version 3.6.0 also supports a new variant of the file format with 64-bit offsets for very large files. Minor code changes are required to create such files by using a non-default flag on creation, and files that use the new 64-bit offset variant will not be readable by previous versions of the netCDF library. Applications built with the version 3.6.0 library will be able to access both formats transparently. Users are discouraged from using the new format variant unless required for files too large for the classic netCDF format. Third-party software that supports netCDF data access should eventually be upgraded to version 3.6 or later to support both the cla
