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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2001-02-21 21:14:54 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2001-02-21 21:14:54 (GMT)
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[svn-r3478]
Description: Added "Supported Configuration Features Summary" tables. Created "Documentation" section. Fixed a couple of spelling errors. Corrected link for Cray-specific F90 source files. Platforms tested: Viewed in vi.
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diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt
index db14ada..1455001 100644
--- a/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/RELEASE.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ CONTENTS
- Pablo Support
- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.2.0
- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.0-beta2
+- Documentation
- Platforms Tested
+- Supported Configuration Features
- Known Problems
New Features
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ New Features
* Added 'query' function to VFL drivers. Also added 'type' parameter to
VFL 'read' & 'write' calls, so they are aware of the type of data
being accessed in the file. Updated the VFL document also.
- * A new h4toh5 uitlity, to convert HDF4 files to analogous HDF5 files.
+ * A new h4toh5 utility, to convert HDF4 files to analogous HDF5 files.
* Added a new array datatype to the datatypes which can be created. Removed
"array fields" from compound datatypes (use an array datatype instead).
* Parallel HDF5 works correctly with mpich-1.2.1 on Solaris, SGI, Linux.
@@ -217,7 +219,8 @@ C++ Support
Check the HDF5 Reference Manual for available C++ documentation.
C++ APIs are available for Solaris 2.6 and 2.7, Linux, and FreeBSD.
-
+
+
Pablo Support
=============
This version does not allow proper building of the Pablo-instrumented
@@ -330,7 +333,7 @@ Tools
The cases are similar for the other object types.
* h5dump correctly displays compound datatypes.
* Corrected an error in h5toh4 which did not convert the 32bits
- int from HDF5 to HDF4 corectly for the T3E platform.
+ int from HDF5 to HDF4 correctly for the T3E platform.
* h5dump correctly displays the committed copy of predefined types
correctly.
* Added an option, -V, to show the version information of h5dump.
@@ -351,20 +354,14 @@ Tools
Corrected to produce hdf4 DFNT_CHAR type instead.
* h5dump and h5ls displays array data correctly.
-Documentation
--------------
-
- * User's Guide and Reference Manual were updated.
- See doc/html/PSandPDF/index.html for more details.
-
Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.0-beta2
================================
- * Fixed a bug in the conversion from a little endian double to a big endian float
- in some special cases.
- * Corrected configuration error which was not including compression support
- correctly.
+ * Fixed a bug in the conversion from a little endian double to a big
+ endian float in some special cases.
+ * Corrected configuration error which was not including compression
+ support correctly.
* Cleaned up lots of warnings.
* Changed a few h5dump command line switches and added long versions of
the switches.
@@ -373,8 +370,32 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.0-beta2
* Fixed fairly obscure bug in hyperslab I/O which could (in rare cases)
not copy all the data during a transfer.
* Removed ragged array code from library.
- * F90 library and module files are installed properly now on all supported platforms.
+ * F90 library and module files are installed properly now on all supported
+ platforms.
+
+Documentation
+=============
+ * A new document summarizing the changes in the library leading up to
+ the current release has been added:
+ HDF5 Software Changes from Release to Release
+ This document is in the Application Developer's Guide and is of
+ particular interest to developers who must keep an application
+ synchronized with the library.
+ * The documentation for the Fortran90 and C++ APIs is linked to the
+ opening page of the Reference Manual. Fortran90 functions are
+ individually referenced from the corresponding C functions through-
+ out the Reference Manual.
+ * User's Guide and Reference Manual were updated to reflect changed
+ function syntax and to fix reported bugs.
+ * Functions that are new at this release were added to the Reference
+ Manual.
+ * Functions that have been removed from the library were removed from
+ the User's Guide and the Reference Manual.
+ * PostScript and PDF versions of the Release 1.4 document set are
+ not available at the time of Release 1.4.0.
+
+
Platforms Tested
================
@@ -415,6 +436,63 @@ Platforms Tested
Windows NT4.0, 2000 (NT5.0) MSVC++ 6.0
Windows 98 MSVC++ 6.0
+
+Supported Configuration Features Summary
+========================================
+
+ In the tables below
+ y = tested and supported
+ n = not supported or not working in this release
+ ( ) = footnote appears below table
+
+ Platform C C F90 F90 C++ Shared zlib Tools
+ parallel parallel libraries
+ Solaris2.6 y n y n y y y y
+ Solaris2.7 y y (1) y n y y y y
+ Solarisx86 y n n n n y y y
+ IRIX6.5 y y (1) n n n n y y
+ IRIX64_6.5 64 y y (2) y y n y y y
+ IRIX64_6.5 32 y y (2) n n n y y y
+ HPUX10.20 y n n n n y y y
+ DECOSF y n y n n y y y
+ T3E y y y y n n y y
+ SV1 y n y n n n y y
+ TFLOPS y y (1) n n n n y y (4)
+ AIX-4.3 y y n n n n y n
+ Win2000 y n n n n y y y
+ Win98 y n n n n y y y
+ WinNT y n n n n y y y
+ FreeBSD y n n n y y y y
+ Linux y y (1) y n y y y y
+
+
+ Platform 1.2 static- Thread- SRB GASS STREAM-
+ compatibility exec safe VFD
+ Solaris2.6 y n n n n y
+ Solaris2.7 y n y n n y
+ Solarisx86 y n n n n y
+ IRIX6.5 y n y n n y
+ IRIX64_6.5 64 y n n n n y
+ IRIX64_6.5 32 y n n n n y
+ HPUX10.20 y y n n n y
+ DECOSF y y n n n y
+ T3E y y n n n y
+ SV1 y y n n n y
+ TFLOPS y y n n n n
+ AIX-4.3 y y (3) n n n y
+ Win2000 y y n n n n
+ Win98 y y n n n n
+ WinNT y y n n n n
+ FreeBSD y y n n n y
+ Linux y n y n n y
+
+ Footnotes: (1) Using mpich.
+ (2) Using mpt and mpich.
+ (3) When configured with static-exec enabled, tests fail
+ in serial mode.
+ (4) No HDF4-related tools.
+
+
Known Problems
==============
@@ -497,8 +575,7 @@ Known Problems
* Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays (T3E and SV1)
replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src subdirectory
in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files from the
- ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/ougoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.4.0/F90_source_for_Crays
- directory.
+ ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/hdf5-1.4.0/src/crayf90/ directory.
* The h4toh5 utility produces images that do not correctly conform
to the HDF5 Image and Palette Specification.