Merge pull request #374 from RocketPy-Team/maint/upgrade-netcdf4-requ…

…irement

MAINT: upgrade netcdf4 requirement

docs/user/requirements.rst

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The following packages are needed in order to run RocketPy:
 - Numpy >= 1.0
 - Scipy >= 1.0
 - Matplotlib >= 3.0
-- netCDF4 >= 1.6.2 for Windows, MacOS or Python < '3.11'; netCDF4 >=1.4,<1.6 for Python 3.11+ in Linux
+- netCDF4 >= 1.6.4
 - windrose >= 1.6.8
 - requests
 - pytz
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ The following packages are needed in order to run RocketPy:
 All of these packages, are automatically installed when RocketPy is installed using either ``pip`` or ``conda``.
 However, in case the user wants to install these packages manually, they can do so by following the instructions bellow.
 
-Note: Google Colab and netCDF4 don't play well together for netCDF4 >= 1.6 (see `this issue <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python/issues/1179>`_). If you are using Google Colab, you should install netCDF4 < 1.6 or use `condacolab <https://github.com/conda-incubator/condacolab>`_) to install netCDF4 >= 1.6.
-
 Installing Required Packages Using ``pip``
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ The packages needed can be installed via ``pip`` by running the following lines
     pip install "numpy>=1.0" 
     pip install "scipy>=1.0"
     pip install "matplotlib>=3.0"
-    pip install "netCDF4>=1.6.2"
+    pip install "netCDF4>=1.6.4"
     pip install "windrose >= 1.6.8"
     pip install "ipywidgets>=7.6.3"
     pip install requests
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ To update Scipy and install netCDF4 using Conda, the following code is used:
 .. code-block:: shell
 
     conda install "scipy>=1.0"
-    conda install -c anaconda "netcdf4>=1.6.2"
+    conda install -c anaconda "netcdf4>=1.6.4"
 
 
 Optional Packages

requirements.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 numpy>=1.0
 scipy>=1.0
 matplotlib>=3.0
-netCDF4>=1.6.2; sys_platform != 'linux' or python_version < '3.11'
-netCDF4>=1.4,<1.6; sys_platform == 'lixux' and python_version >= '3.11'
+netCDF4>=1.6.4
 windrose>=1.6.8
 ipywidgets>=7.6.3
 requests

setup.py

@@ -1,28 +1,16 @@
-import os
-import sys
 import setuptools
 
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
-# Manage different netCDF4 versions depending on system version and Google Colab
-netCDF4_requirement = "netCDF4>=1.6.2"
-
-# Check if running on a linux system
-if sys.platform == "linux" and sys.version_info[1] < 11:
-    # Support for Linux with Python < 3.11
-    # Avoid problems due to netCDF4 issue linked below
-    # https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python/issues/1179
-    netCDF4_requirement = "netCDF4>=1.4,<1.6"
-
 setuptools.setup(
     name="rocketpy",
     version="0.13.1",
     install_requires=[
         "numpy>=1.0",
         "scipy>=1.0",
         "matplotlib>=3.0",
-        netCDF4_requirement,
+        "netCDF4>=1.6.4",
         "windrose>=1.6.8",
         "ipywidgets>=7.6.3",
         "requests",