Update WCOSS2 Modules

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

The UFS now uses the hpc-stack suite of libraries built in /apps/test/hpc-stack/i-19.1.3.304__m-8.1.12__h-1.14.0__n-4.9.2__p-2.5.10__e-8.4.2. The GSI should be updated to point to the same stack.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

@DavidHuber-NOAA , can the work to be done in this issue be combined with the work to be done in GSI issue #665?

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

Probably not as I am planning on tackling this in the next 2 months and the LLVM compilers have some requirements that need to be met first. I will add these to #665 as a checklist.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

Got it. The sequential approach you outline makes sense. Thank you for the clarification.

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

This is blocked pending an installation of ncio/1.12 built with netcdf-B/4.9.2. Also, this should not be built with /apps/test/hpc-stack/i-19.1.3.304__m-8.1.12__h-1.14.0__n-4.9.2__p-2.5.10__e-8.4.2 modules. Instead, it should be built with libraries in /apps/ops/para/libs and /apps/prod/lmodules. The UFS is updating its own modulefiles to do this as well in ufs-community/ufs-weather-model#2013.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

@DavidHuber-NOAA : what is the status of this issue?

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

@RussTreadon-NOAA For the time being, this has been descoped by @aerorahul. It may be tackled later when the global workflow moves to using the same modules for all submodules. This may happen with spack-stack 1.8.0, which is anticipated to be released in August.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

OK. I did not know this. Thanks for the update @DavidHuber-NOAA . Do you or @CatherineThomas-NOAA know if GFS v17 will eventually be built on WCOSS2 using spack-stack?

[DavidHuber-NOAA]

@RussTreadon-NOAA the short answer is maybe. Spack-stack may be used in the future, but there are some challenges to overcome, including approvals to upgrade models to Intel 2021+ and LLVM compilers and selecting a stable version of spack-stack to work with for all installations. I think it will be some time before that happens.

[RussTreadon-NOAA]

Got it. I will not, for the time being, add this issue to the GFS v17 milestone.