Thanks for the advice - I had added the WindGustDir code in (all of 1 line!) but it is trivial to take it out again.
Susan On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 2:01:20 PM UTC+11, mwall wrote: > > On Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 10:26:35 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Just noticed that the beta of V3.7.0 is available. >> In the release notes from Tom he noted that any missing 'windGustDir' is >> to be determined by Weewx with this version. >> Please note that the last version of my driver (posted above) does assign >> 'windDir' to 'windGustDir'. >> Therefore, is it better for me to test the version (below v3.7 does the >> copy, v3.7 and above does not) or to take out that bot of code and just >> release my driver for 3.7 and above? >> I guess what I'm really asking is how soon will v3.7 be released relative >> to my driver (which, by the lack of any negative (or positive!) feedback >> could be anytime now)? >> > > weewx 3.7 will probably not be released before mid-march. > > your driver should not emit any data other than what it gets from the > hardware. > > so if someone runs it with 3.6.x or earlier, they will not get > windGustDir, but if they run it with 3.7 or later, they will. > > m >
