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https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4987#issuecomment-796873186,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/4987,796873186,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc5Njg3MzE4Ng==,24235303,2021-03-11T16:39:27Z,2021-03-11T16:39:27Z,CONTRIBUTOR,@jhamman Is there a planned date for releasing the backend updates to PyPI?,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,820480606
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4987#issuecomment-794029445,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/4987,794029445,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc5NDAyOTQ0NQ==,24235303,2021-03-09T15:14:34Z,2021-03-09T15:14:34Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"I was able to use this backend from an external code base with the entry point procedure as described in the new docs, and it was completely painless. Great job with the backend refactor!","{""total_count"": 5, ""+1"": 2, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 3, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,820480606
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4987#issuecomment-791639282,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/4987,791639282,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc5MTYzOTI4Mg==,24235303,2021-03-05T19:43:10Z,2021-03-05T19:43:10Z,CONTRIBUTOR,Is there a branch of xarray that currently supports loading backend engines from third-party libraries?,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,820480606
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4987#issuecomment-790860834,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/4987,790860834,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc5MDg2MDgzNA==,24235303,2021-03-04T19:13:07Z,2021-03-04T19:18:57Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"See PR #4998 for the example

edit: This example should be able to read a NetCDF dataset using the `protocol` engine:
```
xr.open_dataset(""example.nc"", engine=""protocol"")
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,820480606
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4987#issuecomment-790851791,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/4987,790851791,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc5MDg1MTc5MQ==,24235303,2021-03-04T19:00:38Z,2021-03-04T19:00:38Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"@alexamici  @shoyer To be clear, my short term plan is absolutely to move the TileDB backend from my draft pull request here to a small plugin in library (thanks for linking the cfgrib @alexamici!). 

I only bring up the protocol thing because the backend is really close to a place where a lot of the boilerplate for the lazy loading, etc. could be provided on the xarray side with a simple API requirement on the third-party library side.  I'll push up a small proof-of-concept with a read-only netCDF4 example shortly.
","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,820480606
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4987#issuecomment-790109209,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/4987,790109209,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc5MDEwOTIwOQ==,24235303,2021-03-03T22:10:46Z,2021-03-03T22:10:46Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"As a provider of a third-party backend, I would love to be able to integrate with xarray without including xarray as a dependency in my library, and xarray is actually _really close_ to a place where that would be possible.  

The main development effort on the xarray side would be creating a generic `LazyLoadingBackendStore` that accepts duck-typed backends (xarray can define them using [Protocols](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/protocols.html#simple-user-defined-protocols) for mypy goodness).

If there is interest in pursuing this, I can help with developing a prototype to test feasibility.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,820480606
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/4987#issuecomment-790023571,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/4987,790023571,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc5MDAyMzU3MQ==,24235303,2021-03-03T20:12:02Z,2021-03-03T20:12:02Z,CONTRIBUTOR,@jhamman - thanks for the quick response! As I work through bumps would it be best to comment here or on one of the other currently open issues for the backend refactor?,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,820480606