Pip not able to install climetlab (v0.11.31) in windows with Python 3.7 : HDF5 headers not found about climetlab HOT 5 CLOSED

Indeed, apparently, the issue comes from the netcdf4 package, there is not much that we can do from climetlab.

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Yes, droping support for Windows python 3.7 would make sense IMO, depending on your users of course.

You can achieve this in the .github/workflow yaml file using exclude as in:

    strategy:
      fail-fast: true
      matrix:
        platform: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
        exclude:
          - platform: "windows-latest"
            python-version: "3.7"

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This seems to be a common problem with NetCDF4 after a new release on Python 3.7 on Windows:

Unidata/netcdf4-python#901 (comment)

Unidata/netcdf4-python#1031 (comment)

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I want to comment on the fact that this is painful for plugin maintainers, because I cannot push to pip server due to this.
Plugin users start complaining that they cannot reach latest features because pip and github are not aligned.
If I have to wait 6 months that this is solved for this very particular version, then this is a problem.
The solution I see is dropping some Python versions in the tests to publish.

@floriankrb :
What would be the best according to you :

• Drop all Windows tests (problems are usually there)
• Drop only Python 3.7 Windows tests

?

Thank you in advance.

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Ok, I will do that. I hope this is not a slippery slope though :-)

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