Michael Levy

> There is a lot to consider here and I'm having a hard time framing my thoughts in a coherent message this afternoon Me too, but @ekluzek I'd like to...

I'll comment in https://github.com/ESMCI/manage_externals/issues/112 with my thought of introducing a file that specifies what files are allowed to have changed without triggering an abort. Also, I haven't changed my mind...

This is just an example of what @kmpaul mentioned in his comment [in December](https://github.com/NCAR/CESM_postprocessing/issues/185#issuecomment-445364731), but @klindsay28 pointed out that [PyConform](https://github.com/NCAR/PyConform) is not py3-compatible at this time. From the [readme](https://github.com/NCAR/PyConform/blob/devel/README.rst): >...

I needed to make these changes to run a case from `cesm2_2_beta05`, but I suspect it will break compatibility with `cesm2.1`... which probably isn't ideal if CMIP runs are making...

Fixes #217 (I don't have permission to link the issue to this PR)

I'm working on a branch to address the > Add a "how to build a catalog" tickbox. There's already a a question about it in [the FAQ](https://intake-esm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/supplemental-guide/faq.html#how-do-i-create-my-own-catalog), though the answer...

Relatedly, does `jupyter-forward` support having a configuration file somewhere on the remote machine? It seems like that would be a good place to store the value for `--conda-location` instead of...

@mvertens > could you clarify why the mct aborts with the error if you try to run JRA at T62? Its not clear to me why this would not just...

@andersy005 -- why does `--launch-command` generate a shell script to run rather than just running the command directly? (I'm not familiar with `--launch-command`, but I think the answer is important...