Sebastian Hahn

Probably it makes sense to start with a new package, but I wouldn't call it SMDAS. However, first I need to think about how to structure the packages in H...

@davidfairbairn do you have an opinion how to structure the python packages on H SAF?

I like the idea with the toolbox, but typically products are quite similar in their format, type, etc. so probably a package per variable makes more sense? surface soil moisture...

@raphaelquast would it help to generate project related files using [pyscaffold](https://pyscaffold.org/en/stable/)? many of our python packages are based on it

my experience is that you install pyscaffold and run `putup ` and it generates an empty python project with some dummy files as well. there were some breaking changes in...

a makefile and pyscaffold are two separate things

pyscaffold v4.5 writes this into the `__init__.py`: ``` import sys if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 8): # TODO: Import directly (no need for conditional) when `python_requires = >= 3.8` from importlib.metadata...

I think it would make sense to restore the original behavior, but do you know about any problems with the new return type?

yes I think so, however, I'm not sure if a 2d array is the actual intention according to the tests it might be, I'm just going through them

no, I think it has to be 2d because it is possible to pass multiple lat/lon coordinates and get k neighbors in return. using a boolean mask reduces the 2d...