We are constrained by backward compatibility commitments:

• Don't break archives: new versions must be able to access existing netCDF data
• Don't break programs: new libraries must support previous APIs

Tentative plans: Fortran-4.3 and C-4.3 will include bug fixes, CMake support for Windows VS, Fortran-2003 C-interoperability support, and some missing Fortran functions.

Plans for the next year are fairly fluid. Follow changing plans on our NetCDF issues and plans site.

2012 Unidata NetCDF Workshop > The Future of netCDF