python-metar-users — Discussions related to the python-metar package

[Tom P. <to...@ea...>]

Hi,

I released version 1.4.0 of the python-metar package this weekend.   
It's available at

     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=134052

This release includes fixes for the various bugs people have brought  
to my attention, as well as some new code contributed by Toby White:

1. Merged Toby White's changes for parsing (and ignoring) runway state  
groups
    and trend forecasts. (Thanks!)
2. Report the peak wind and wind shift times, if included in the  
remarks.
    (Requested by Daryl Herzmann.)
3. Changed the date-handling code to avoid automatic month/year  
adjustment
    if the month or year are specified explicitly.
    (Thanks to Scott McKuen for reporting this.)
4. Only allow single-digit numerator in fractional visibility values,  
to avoid
    confusion with following temp/dewpt group.
    (Reported by Franco Fiorese, Francesco Spada, and David Gregory.)
5. Fixed the misuse of str() function and string() methods in a couple  
of spots.
    (Reported by David Gregory and others.)
6. Added tests for the visibility, trend, and runway state parsers.
7. Added tests to verify that automatic month/year adjustment of the  
observation
    date were being done correctly.
8. Updated links to METAR resources in the README

Enjoy!

Tom