Remarks about vcs.download_sample_data_files #143
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@jypeter you're right it should probably be split between vcs and vcs. Funny thing is that cdms test suite is the one requiring the bigger datasets. |
It seems there is already an option for specifying a custom path. Except that without a docstring, you can't know for sure what the parameter is for
It's a good thing to minimize storage, and in that case I suggest you tell people to install vcdat with Miniconda, rather than Anaconda. My figures show a reduction of 1.9G, if you install with Miniconda. Mostly because if you do a full install with Ananconda, then you duplicate everything when you install CDAT with conda-forge |
good point. Although these days I would think most people already have some flavor of conda on their systems already. |
I'm not so sure about most people already having conda. I did not, that's why I spent some time experimenting. The installation instructions on the uvcdat wiki rely a lot on people being already familiar with conda. I have put my own notes on the following page: |
@doutriaux1 @jypeter I would agree with the statement above, |
My own notes and install instructions are available below. Beware, it's pretty detailed (with lotta links) https://wiki.lsce.ipsl.fr/pmip3/doku.php/other:uvcdat:cdat_conda:cdat_2_8_0 My end-users on multiple servers should theoretically mostly have to read https://wiki.lsce.ipsl.fr/pmip3/doku.php/other:python:starting#uv-cdat |
test download splitted now |
It took me some time to find how to download the traditional test data files and I eventually found vcs.download_sample_data_files in one of the tutorials
Some remarks about it:
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