diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md index cf35d80..1be588c 100644 --- a/cran-comments.md +++ b/cran-comments.md @@ -3,30 +3,26 @@ Dear CRAN team, This is a major version increment due to the migration of the ECMWF APIs. - Hereby, the package will drop the support of the old API in favour of the -new one, confusingly still called "beta". I've added additional support for -the Copernicus Emergency Management System (CEMS) data store. +new one, confusingly still called "beta". The workflows remain largely the same with data requests backwards compatible with the previous versions. Some components such as -legacy support for the WebAPI are removed. This service should have been -removed a long time ago but is still there. However, use cases are few. I now -refer to the older v1 package for WebAPI support. +legacy support for the WebAPI and CDS Toolbox are removed. I've added additional support for +the Copernicus Emergency Management System (CEMS) data store. I now +refer to the older v1 (github) package for WebAPI support. For optimization, the batch processing script now also -checks for duplicate filenames and reports this as such, limiting +checks for duplicate filenames, limiting accidental data overwrites. Consolidation of the APIs authentication -leads to a more compact code base (thankfully), but creates some breaking +leads to a more compact code base, but creates some breaking changes due to the omission of a 'user' argument (with a consistent default). -These breaking changes are well documented, and migration should be as simple +Breaking changes are well documented, and migration should be as simple as providing the new Personal Access Token and removing the user argument in -API query functions. - -Consolidation of the API as the advantage that mixed queries of various -services are now allowed. Mixing for example querying climate data from CDS, -with atmospheric data from ADS in one batch. +API query functions. Consolidation of the API has the advantage that mixed +queries of various data services are now allowed. Mixing for example querying +climate data from CDS, with atmospheric data from ADS in one batch. Kind regards, Koen Hufkens