Please note some important changes in the next release (v2.32.0) of ecCodes:
The tigge_* tools will be removed (tigge_check, tigge_split etc)
Please note: There is a new webpage for the Migration to GRIB2: Migration to GRIB2 This webpage also includes a section where changes in the parameter encodings for the coming ecCodes versions are documented: Changes in the parameter encodings
Changes for Version 2.31.0:
New Features/Improvements
Performance enhancements
[ECC-1602] - GRIB: CCSDS performance improvement (both decoding and encoding)
[ECC-1614] - Performance: Faster grib_count and bufr_count