Feature 1778 debug (#1785)

* Per #1778, please see #1778 (comment) for details. Basically, when doing development, compile with the -g debug option. Otherwise, remove it by default.

* Per #1778, update stale URL's in the README and configure.ac file. Also, change the default MET version from 8.1 to development.

met/README

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ This is the main directory for the Model Evaluation Tools source code release.
 ================================================================================
 
 For questions, please:
-- Refer to the MET User's Guide in the /doc sub-directory.
-- Refer to the MET website: http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users
+- Refer to the MET User's Guide: https://met.readthedocs.io/en/latest
+- Refer to the MET website: http://dtcenter.org/community-code/model-evaluation-tools-met
 - Send mail to met_help@ucar.edu.
 
 Dependencies
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Dependencies
 
 - It is suggested that the following tools be used in conjunction with MET:
    - Unified Post-Processor
-      - http://www.dtcenter.org/wrf-nmm/users
+      - http://dtcenter.org/community-code/unified-post-processor-upp
 
 NOTE: The required libraries should be compiled with the same set of compilers
       to be used in compiling MET.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ How to compile and run?
 For more detailed instructions on building MET and for a list of supported
 platforms and compilers, please refer to the MET User's Guide in the doc/
 sub-directory, or the MET Online Tutorial:
-  http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial
+  http://dtcenter.org/community-code/model-evaluation-tools-met/online-tutorial
 
 - Set the $CXX and $F77 environment variables to specify the C++ and FORTRAN
   compilers to be used.  If not set, configure will search for compilers and the

met/configure.ac

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([MET], [m4_esyscmd_s(echo ${MET_BUILD_VERSION:-8.1})], [met_help@ucar.edu], [], [http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users])
+AC_INIT([MET], [m4_esyscmd_s(echo ${MET_BUILD_VERSION:-development})], [met_help@ucar.edu], [], [http://dtcenter.org/community-code/model-evaluation-tools-met])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/tools/tc_utils/tc_dland/tc_dland.cc])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
@@ -1041,11 +1041,14 @@ CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS' -DMET_BASE="\"$(pkgdatadir)\""'
 
 AC_SUBST(FC_LIBS, [-lgfortran])
 
-# The CXXFLAGS default to "-O2 -g".  The optimization is causing
-# problems so just set it to "-g" if the user hasn't overridden it
-# themselves.
+# For GNU compilers, CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, and FFLAGS default to "-O2 -g".
+# The CXXFLAGS "-O2" optimization has caused problems in the past.
+# For Intel compilers, "-g" slows down runtimes considerably (MET #1778).
+# For development, retain the "-g" option. Otherwise, discard it.
 
-: ${CXXFLAGS="-g"}
+AM_COND_IF([ENABLE_DEVELOPMENT], [: ${CFLAGS="-g -O2"}], [: ${CFLAGS="-O2"}])
+AM_COND_IF([ENABLE_DEVELOPMENT], [: ${CXXFLAGS="-g"}  ], [: ${CXXFLAGS=""}] )
+AM_COND_IF([ENABLE_DEVELOPMENT], [: ${FFLAGS="-g -O2"}], [: ${FFLAGS="-O2"}])
 
 # Checks for programs.