[Met_help] Sharing a comment

[David Novak]

Hello,

First, I wanted to commend the group for the development of MET. It will 
be a tremendous resource. However, I wanted to share a general comment 
from one of our Science and Operations Officers regarding MET use in NWS 
Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs):

"While this package has potential, it does not run on the forms of Linux 
commonly used in WFOs or WFO systems that run the WRF.  It runs in 
Debian Linux which is old, and meets none of todays security protocols, 
not the Enterprise Redhat Linux we use.   This package also requires 
alot of configuration and compiling .  Numerous libraries, Fortran 
compilers and the like must be obtained, linked and installed.   These 
may not be present on most Linux machines"

It sounds like there are two requests:
    -compiling for Enterprise Redhat Linux
    -more user-friendly installation/configuration process

I'm not sure if version 1.1 addresses these concerns, but perhaps these 
issues can be considered in future development.

Thanks,
David Novak
NWS Eastern Region Headquarters
Scientific Services Division
Bohemia, New York, 11716