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authorElena Pourmal <epourmal@hdfgroup.org>2009-04-28 02:19:12 (GMT)
committerElena Pourmal <epourmal@hdfgroup.org>2009-04-28 02:19:12 (GMT)
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[svn-r16867] Maintenance: Updated file in preparationfor the HDF5 1.6.9 release.
Updated system information for Mac Intel.
-rw-r--r--release_docs/RELEASE.txt36
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 0cb5978..1811917 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ HDF5 version 1.6.9-pre2 currently under development
INTRODUCTION
============
This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.8 and
-HDF5-1.6.8-snap*.
+HDF5-1.6.9.
It contains information on the platforms tested and known problems in
-HDF5-1.6.8-snap*. For more details, check the HISTORY.txt file in
+HDF5-1.6.9. For more details, check the HISTORY.txt file in
the HDF5 source.
HDF5 documentation can be found in the distributed release source code
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ New Features
-------------------------
- Added a Make target of check-all-install to test the correctness of
installing via the prefix= or $DESTDIR options. AKC - 2009/04/14
- - Add description here. Do not exceed 80 characters for a line
- EIP - 2008/11/12 (year/month/day format)
Library:
--------
+ - None
Parallel Library:
-----------------
+ - None
Tools:
------
@@ -63,20 +63,20 @@ New Features
- h5dump correctly specifies XML dtd / schema urls ADB - 2009/4/3 - 1519
- h5dump: binary output defaults to NATIVE with -b optionally accepting
the form of binary output (NATIVE, FILE, BE, LE). PVN - 2008/11/14
- - h5repack: When user doesn't specify a chunk size, h5repack now defines a default
- chunk size as the same size of the size of the hyperslab used to read the chunks.
- The size of the hyperslabs are defined as the size of each dimension or a
- predefined constant, whatever is smaller. This assures that the chunk
- read fits in the chunk cache. PVN - 2008/11/21
+ - h5repack: When user doesn't specify a chunk size, h5repack now defines
+ a default chunk size as the same size of the size of the hyperslab
+ used to read the chunks. The size of the hyperslabs are defined as
+ the size of each dimension or a predefined constant, whatever is smaller.
+ This assures that the chunk read fits in the chunk cache. PVN - 2008/11/21
-
-
F90 API:
--------
+ - None
C++ API:
--------
+ - None
Support for New Platforms, Languages and Compilers
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.8 Release
- Fixed a bug that prevented more than one dataset chunk from being cached
at a time. NAF - 2009/02/12
- H5Dset_extent: when shrinking dimensions, some chunks were not deleted.
- Shrinking to a zero size dimension caused an assertion in the library.
- (PVN - 2009/01/8)
+ Shrinking to a zero size dimension caused an assertion in the
+ library. PVN - 2009/01/8
Configuration
-------------
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.8 Release
that have a datatype datum size greater than H5TOOLS_BUFSIZE, a
constant defined as 1024Kb, such as array types with large
dimensions. PVN - 2009/4/1 - 1501
- - h5import: By selecting a compression type, a big endian byte order was being
- selected. PVN - 2009/3/11 - 1462
+ - h5import: By selecting a compression type, a big endian byte order was
+ being selected. PVN - 2009/3/11 - 1462
- zip_perf.c had missing argument on one of the open() calls. Fixed.
AKC - 2008/12/9
@@ -119,10 +119,12 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.8 Release
F90 API
-------
+ - None
C++ API
-------
+ - None
Documentation
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ Platforms Tested
cygwin (gcc 3.4.4)
Windows Vista Visual studio 2005
- Mac OS X Intel 10.5.4 i686-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1
+ Mac OS X Intel 10.5.6 i686-apple-darwin9-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1
g95 0.91
@@ -279,7 +281,7 @@ WinXP CYGWIN y n n
WinXP 2005 y n n
WinXP .Net y n n
WinVista 2005 y n n
-Mac OS X 10.4.10 y n n
+Mac OS X 10.5.6 n n n
AIX 5.3 32-bit n n n
FreeBSD 6.3 32- and 64-bit y n n
RedHat EL4 2.6.9-42 i686 GNU (1) W y n y