0.2.0-alpha

The WIS2 Downloader GUI Application

This release is the first backend-independent version of the application and also brings many more improvements thanks to feedback on the previous release. Compatible with Windows, Linux, and MacOS (both X64 and ARM64 architectures), this version includes:

Major Changes:

• Backend Connection: Connect to any WIS2 Downloader backend via its IP and port (the username and password authentication will be implemented in a future release).
• Pending Subscriptions: Add topics manually, or via a GDC, to a pending list for further configuration before activating them on the backend.
• Active Subscriptions: View and configure actively subscribed topics without removing them.
• Download Metrics: By clicking the 'Monitor' button of an active subscription, you can now view bar charts for the number of files/bytes downloaded, their associated file type, and the number of failed downloads.

Quality of Life Improvements:

• Improved Feel of the Catalogue: Add and remove buttons are now part of the result table, making it faster to add and remove them. There is also now an 'Add All' button to add all non-active topics.
• Better Handling of Topics: Active topics and datasets with no associated topic are greyed out in the catalogue.
• Subscription Overlap Prevention: It is now impossible to have overlapping subscriptions. For example, manually adding topic cache/a/wis2/+/data/core/# (technically a set of topics) will prevent me from adding any more topics that belong to that set, e.g. cache/a/wis2/my_centre/data/core/surface-based-observations/synop.

As this release includes significant changes, extensive testing across various environments is still encouraged. Please test the application on your local machine and report any bugs by posting an issue.