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authorAlbert Cheng <acheng@hdfgroup.org>2007-01-29 13:45:37 (GMT)
committerAlbert Cheng <acheng@hdfgroup.org>2007-01-29 13:45:37 (GMT)
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[svn-r13213] For Both README.txt and RELEASE.txt,
Added the WARNING messages of unstable temporary formats. For README.txt, In addition, also updated website name to hdfgroup.org, updated email addresses new names and new subscription instructions. Platforms tested: Eyeballed since these are just information files.
-rw-r--r--README.txt28
-rw-r--r--release_docs/RELEASE.txt12
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 6bb486d..786edef 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ HDF5 version 1.8.0-alpha6snap0 currently under development
Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+===========================================================================
+WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
+
+This code is currently using interim file format changes that will
+certainly change before the final 1.8.0 release. Please feel free to
+test everything out (in fact, we'd welcome that!), but do _NOT_ keep any
+of the files produced as they will not be readable by later versions of
+the HDF5 software.
+
+WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
+===========================================================================
+
This release is almost fully functional for the entire API defined in the
documentation, see the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs directory for information
specific to this release of the library. The INSTALL file contains
@@ -10,7 +22,7 @@ file contains instructions on installing the parallel version of the
library. The INSTALL* files can be found in the release_docs/ directory.
Documentation for this release can be found at the following URL:
-http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/release/alpha/obtain518.html
+http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/alpha/obtain518.html
Four mailing lists are currently set up for use with the HDF5
library.
@@ -24,15 +36,15 @@ library.
hdf5announce - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
not a discussion list.
- hdf5cvs - For checkin notices of code development on the library,
+ hdf5repo - For checkin notices of code development on the library,
not a discussion list.
-To subscribe to a list, send mail to "majordomo@ncsa.uiuc.edu",
-with "subscribe <list>" in the _body_, not the Subject, of the message.
-E.g., subscribe hdf5
+To subscribe to a list, send mail to "<list>-subscribe@hdfgroup.org".
+where <list> is the name of the list.
+E.g., mail hdf5-subscribe@hdfgroup.org
-Messages to be sent to the list should be sent to "<list>@ncsa.uiuc.edu".
+Messages to be sent to the list should be sent to "<list>@hdfgroup.org".
-The HDF5 website is located at http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/
+The HDF5 website is located at http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
-Bugs should be reported to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu.
+Bugs should be reported to help@hdfgroup.org.
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 3bd3ec3..93e56bb 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
HDF5 version 1.8.0-alpha6snap0 currently under development
================================================================================
+===========================================================================
+WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
+
+This code is currently using interim file format changes that will
+certainly change before the final 1.8.0 release. Please feel free to
+test everything out (in fact, we'd welcome that!), but do _NOT_ keep any
+of the files produced as they will not be readable by later versions of
+the HDF5 software.
+
+WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
+===========================================================================
+
INTRODUCTION
This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.* and