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Recompiling is the only option to get the flat earth phase.
I think it would be good if @jun_lu or @lveci make it a user option. Now that it has been asked for the second time.
Yes, the documentation has already been updated for SNAP 10. You are right it should have been mentioned that there is a difference between both versions.
@dolaf Maybe you can add this?
Regarding the “reader not found message”, check again How to run and debug SNAP from an IDE / IntelliJ IDEA. Especially the clusters and patches parameter and that you are using : as path separator.