[MITgcm-devel] other problem in recent check-in

[Dimitris Menemenlis]

Martin, a test of usefldyearlyfields would be useful.

> In case you agree with this, how do I do this linking/copying without
> increasing the number of files (MBs) in the repository?

One option would be to check-in a small script that does the linking and runs 
the usefldyearlyfields test offline, rather than automatically with testreport?

> 1. change the model calendar to "model", but then the "gregorian" calendar will not be used. Is it tested elsewhere? Yes, in lab_sea, for example
> 2. increase the fldperiods to 2628000 or 2635200 to be on the safe side.
> 3. forget about testing this yearly fields stuff

As you point out option 3 would save you a lot of work but if you do decide to 
go ahead, I would leave "gregorian" calendar and "fldperiods=2628000" unchanged 
but with fldstartdate=19920115, as you suggest.  This is one of the special 
cases that I want exf_GetFFieldRec to be able to work with (and plan to 
implement in near future).

D.

P.S. It now does not make a difference if fldstartdate=19910115 or 19920115 or 
whatever starting year.