[svn-r4290]

Purpose:
    Maintenance for the hdf5-1.4.2-post0
Description:
    Added information about hdf5-1.4.2 release to the HISTORY.txt
    Modified RELEASE.txt for hdf5-1.4.2-post0 (or whatever it shoud be after 1.4.2)

2 files changed, 340 insertions, 122 deletions

diff --git a/release_docs/HISTORY.txt b/release_docs/HISTORY.txt
index ebf460a..e9f6734 100644
--- a/release_docs/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/release_docs/HISTORY.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ HDF5 HISTORY
 ============
 
 CONTENTS
-I.   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.1
-II.   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.0
-III.  Release Information for hdf5-1.2.2
-IV. Release Information for hdf5-1.2.1
-V.  Release Information for hdf5-1.2.0
+I.   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.2
+II.   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.1
+III.   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.0
+IV.  Release Information for hdf5-1.2.2
+V. Release Information for hdf5-1.2.1
+VI.  Release Information for hdf5-1.2.0
      A. Platforms Supported
      B. Known Problems
      C. Changes Since Version 1.0.1  
@@ -27,10 +28,10 @@ V.  Release Information for hdf5-1.2.0
            g. Ragged Arrays
         9. Tools
 
-VI.    Changes from Release 1.0.0 to Release 1.0.1
-VII.   Changes from the Beta 1.0.0 Release to Release 1.0.0
-VIII.  Changes from the Second Alpha 1.0.0 Release to the Beta 1.0.0 Release
-IX. Changes from the First Alpha 1.0.0 Release to the 
+VII.    Changes from Release 1.0.0 to Release 1.0.1
+VIII.   Changes from the Beta 1.0.0 Release to Release 1.0.0
+IX.  Changes from the Second Alpha 1.0.0 Release to the Beta 1.0.0 Release
+X. Changes from the First Alpha 1.0.0 Release to the 
          Second Alpha 1.0.0 Release
 
 [Search on the string '%%%%' for per-release section breaks.]
@@ -38,8 +39,323 @@ IX. Changes from the First Alpha 1.0.0 Release to the
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+%%%%1.4.2%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.2 (31/July/01)
+
+I.   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.2 
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.4.1 and
+HDF5-1.4.2, and contains information on the platforms tested and
+known problems in HDF5-1.4.2.
+
+The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server
+(ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu) in the directory:
+
+     /HDF/HDF5/docs/
+
+For more information look at the HDF5 home page at:
+   
+    http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/
+
+If you have any questions or comments, please send them to:
+
+    hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+- New Features
+- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.1
+- Documentation
+- Platforms Tested
+- Supported Configuration Features
+- Known Problems
+
+
+New Features
+============
+
+    * File sizes greater than 2GB are now supported on Linux systems with
+      version 2.4.x or higher kernels.
+    * Added a global string variable H5_lib_vers_info_g which holds the
+      HDF5 library version information.  This can be used to identify
+      an hdf5 library or hdf5 application binary.
+      Also added a verification of the consistency between H5_lib_vers_info_g
+      and other version information in the source code.
+    * Parallel HDF5 now runs on the HP V2500 and HP N4000 machines.
+    * F90 API:
+        - Added aditional parameter "dims" to the h5dread_f/h5dwrite_f and
+          h5aread_f/h5awrite_f subroutines.  This parameter is a 1-D array 
+          of size 7 and contains the sizes of the data buffer dimensions. 
+          This change enables portability between Windows and UNIX platforms.
+          In previous versions of the F90 APIs, the data buffer parameters of 
+          the above functions were declared as assumed-shape arrays, which 
+          were passed to the C functions by a descriptor.  There is no 
+          portable means, however, of passing descriptors from F90 to C, 
+          causing portability problems between Windows and UNIX and among
+          UNIX platforms.  With this change, the data buffers are assumed-
+          size arrays, which can be portably passed to the C functions.
+    * F90 static library is available on Windows platforms. 
+      See INSTALL_Windows_withF90.txt for details.
+    * F90 APIs are available on HPUX 11.00 and 10.20 and IBM SP platforms.
+    * H5 <-> GIF convertor has been added. This is available under 
+      tools/gifconv. The convertor supports the ability to create animated
+      gifs as well.
+    * Verified correct operation of library on Solaris 2.8 in both 64-bit and
+      32-bit compilation modes.  See INSTALL document for instructions on
+      compiling the distribution with 64-bit support.
+    * Added support for the Metrowerks Code Warrior compiler for Windows.  
+    * For H4->H5 converter utility, added a new option to choose not to convert
+      HDF4 specified attributes(reference number, class) into HDF5 attributes.
+    * Added support chunking and compression in SDS and image in H4->H5 converter. 
+      Currently HDF5 only supports gzip compression, so by default an HDF4 file 
+      with any other compression method will be converted into an HDF5 file in 
+      gzip compression. 
+    * correct the order or reading HDF4 image array in H4->H5 conversion.  
+    * Added new parallel hdf5 tests in t_mpi.  The new test checks if the
+      filesystem or the MPI-IO can really handle greater than 2GB files.
+      If it fails, it prints information message only without failing the
+      test.
+    * Added a parallel HDF5 example examples/ph5example.c to illustrate
+      the basic way of using parallel HDF5.
+    * Added a new public macro, H5_VERS_INFO, which is a string holding
+      the HDF5 library version information.  This string is also compiled
+      into all HDF5 binary code which helps to identify the version information
+      of the binary code.  One may use the Unix strings command on the binary
+      file and looks for the pattern "HDF5 library version".
+    * Added new checking in H5check_version() to verify the five HDF5 version
+      information macros (H5_VERS_MAJOR, H5_VERS_MINOR, H5_VERS_RELEASE,
+      H5_VERS_SUBRELEASE and H5_VERS_INFO) are consistent.
+      
+         
+Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.1 Release
+==================================
+
+    * Fixed bug with non-zero userblock sizes causing raw data to not
+      write correctly.
+    * Fixed problems with Pablo build and linking with non-standard MPI I/O.
+    * Fixed build on Linux systems with --enable-static-exec flag. It now
+      works correctly.
+    * IMPORTANT: Fixed file metadata corruption bug which could cause 
+      metadata data loss in certain situations.
+    * The allocation by alignment (H5Pset_alignment) feature code somehow
+      got dropped in some 1.3.x version. Re-implemented it with "new and
+      improved" algorithm.  It keeps track of "wasted" file-fragment in
+      the free-list too.
+    * Removed limitation that the data transfer buffer size needed to be
+      set for datasets whose dimensions were too large for the 'all' 
+      selection code to handle.  Any size dimensioned datasets should be 
+      handled correctly now.
+    * Changed behavior of H5Tget_member_type to correctly emulate HDF5 v1.2.x
+      when --enable-hdf5v1_2 configure flag is enabled.
+    * Added --enable-linux-lfs flag to allow more control over whether to 
+      enable or disable large file support on Linux.
+    * Fixed various bugs releated to SDS dimensional scale conversions in H4->H5 
+      converter.
+    * Fixed a bug to correctly convert HDF4 objects with fill value into HDF5.
+    * Fixed a bug of H5pubconf.h causing repeated definitions if it is included
+      more than once.  hdf5.h now includes H5public.h which includes
+      H5pubconf.h.  Applications should #include hdf5.h which handles multiple
+      inclusion correctly.
+    * Fixed H5FDmpio.h to be C++ friendly by making Parallel HDF5 API's to be
+      external to C++.
+    * Fixed a bug in H5FD_mpio_flush() that might result in negative file seek
+      if both MPIO and Split-file drivers are used together.
+
+
+
+Documentation
+=============
+
+    * The H5T_conv_t and H5T_cdata_t structures are now properly defined
+      in the H5Tregister entry in the "H5T" section of the "HDF5 Reference 
+      Manual" and described in detail in section 12, "Data Conversions," in 
+      the "Datatypes" chapter of the "HDF5 User's Guide."
+    * The new tools h52gif and gif2h5 have been added to the "Tools" section
+      of the Reference Manual.
+    * A "Freespace Management" section has been added to the "Performance" 
+      chapter of the User's Guide.
+    * Several user-reported bugs have been fixed since Release 1.4.1.
+    * The "HDF5 Image and Palette Specification" (in the "HDF5 Application
+      Developer's Guide") has been heavily revised.  Based on extensive user 
+      feedback and input from visualization software developers, Version 1.2 
+      of the image specification is substantially different from prior 
+      versions.
+
+
+Platforms Tested
+================
+
+    AIX 4.3.3.0 (IBM SP powerpc)  xlc 3.6.6.0
+                                  mpcc_r 3.6.6.0
+                                  xlf 07.01.0000.0002
+                                  mpxlf 07.01.0000.0002
+    AIX 4.3 (IBM SP RS6000)       C for AIX Compiler, Version 5.0.2.0
+                                  xlf 7.1.0.2
+                                  poe 2.4.0.14 (includes mpi)
+    Cray T3E sn6711 2.0.5.49a     Cray Standard C Version 6.5.0.1
+    Cray SV1 10.0.0.2             Cray Standard C Version 6.5.0.1  
+                                  Cray Fortran Version 3.5.0.1
+    FreeBSD 4.3                   gcc 2.95.3
+                                  g++ 2.95.3
+    HP-UX B.10.20                 HP C  HP92453-01 A.10.32.30
+                                  HP F90 v2.3
+    HP-UX B.11.00                 HP C  HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 
+                                  HP F90 v2.4
+    HP-UX B.11.00 SysV            HP C  HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 
+                                  HP F90 v2.4
+    IRIX 6.5                      MIPSpro cc 7.30
+    IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32)         MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.2m
+    Linux 2.4.4                   gcc 2.95.3
+                                  g++ 2.95.3
+    Linux 2.2.18smp               gcc 2.95.2
+                                  gcc 2.95.2 with mpich 1.2.1
+                                  g++ 2.95.2
+                                  pgf90 3.2-4
+    OSF1 V4.0                     DEC-V5.2-040 on Digital UNIX V4.0 (Rev 564)
+                                  Digital Fortran 90 V4.1-270
+    SunOS 5.6                     WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0 
+     (Solaris 2.6)                WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/10/25 FORTRAN 90 
+                                          2.0 Patch 107356-04
+    SunOS 5.7                     WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
+     (Solaris 2.7)                Workshop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0 
+                                  Workshop Compilers 5.0 98/10/25 FORTRAN 90
+                                          2.0 Patch 107356-04 
+    SunOS 5.8/32                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C 5.2 2000/09/11
+     (Solaris 2.8)                Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 Fortran 95 6.1 
+                                          2000/09/11
+                                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C++ 5.2 2000/09/11
+    SunOS 5.8/64                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C 5.2 2000/09/11
+     (Solaris 2.8)                Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 Fortran 95 6.1 
+                                          2000/09/11
+                                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C++ 5.2 2000/09/11
+    TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.0.7 i386     pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.1 with
+                                          local modifications
+    Windows 2000 (NT5.0)          MSVC++ 6.0
+    Windows NT4.0                 MSVC++ 6.0
+                                  DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
+    Windows NT4.0                 Code Warrior 6.0
+    Windows 98                    MSVC++ 6.0
+                                  DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
+
+
+Supported Configuration Features Summary
+========================================
+
+    In the tables below
+          y  = tested and supported
+          n  = not supported or not tested in this release
+          x  = not working in this release
+         ( ) = footnote appears below second table
+
+
+    Platform       C  C         F90  F90       C++  Shared     zlib  Tools
+                      parallel       parallel       libraries
+                                                    (5)
+    Solaris2.6     y  n         y    n         y    y          y     y
+    Solaris2.7     y  y (1)     y    n         y    y          y     y
+    Solaris2.8 64  y  n         n    n         y    y          y     y
+    Solaris2.8 32  y  n         y    n         y    y          y     y
+    IRIX6.5        y  y (1)     n    n         n    y          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         y    n         n    y          y     y
+    HPUX11.00      y  n         y    n         n    y          y     y
+    HPUX11 SysV    y  n         y    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 SP2    y  y         y    y         n    n          y     n
+    AIX-4.3 SP3    y  y         y    y         n    n          y     n
+    Win2000        y  n         n    n         n    y          y     y
+    Win98          y  n         y    n         n    y          y     y
+    WinNT          y  n         y    n         n    y          y     y
+    WinNT CW       y  n         n    n         n    n          y     y
+    FreeBSD        y  n         n    n         y    y          y     y
+    Linux 2.2      y  y (1)     y    n         y    y          y     y
+    Linux 2.4      y  y (1)     n    n         y    y          y     y
+
+
+    Platform       1.2            static-   Thread-  SRB  GASS	STREAM-
+                   compatibility  exec      safe                VFD
+    Solaris2.6     y              x         n        n    n     y
+    Solaris2.7     y              x         y        n    n     y
+    Solaris2.8 64  y              y         n        n    n     y
+    Solaris2.8 32  y              x         n        n    n     y
+    IRIX6.5        y              x         y        n    n     y
+    IRIX64_6.5 64  y              x         n        n    n     y
+    IRIX64_6.5 32  y              x         n        n    n     y
+    HPUX10.20      y              y         n        n    n     y
+    HPUX11.00      y              x         n        n    n     y
+    HPUX11 SysV    y              x         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 SP2    y              y (3)     n        n    n     y
+    AIX-4.3 SP3    y              y         n        n    n     y
+    Win2000        y              y         n        n    n     n
+    Win98          n              y         n        n    n     n
+    WinNT          y              y         n        n    n     n
+    WinNT CW       n              n         n        n    n     n
+    FreeBSD        y              y         n        n    n     y
+    Linux 2.2      y              y         y        n    n     y
+    Linux 2.4      y              y         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.
+                (5) Shared libraries are provided only for the C library.
+
+
+Known Problems
+==============
+
+    * When a dataset with the variable-legth datatype is overwritten, 
+      the library can develop memory leaks that cause the file to become 
+      unnecessarily large.  This is planned to be fixed in the next release.
+
+    * On the SV1, the h5ls test fails due to a difference between the 
+      SV1 printf precision and the printf precision on other platforms.
+
+    * The h5dump tests may fail to match the expected output in some
+      platforms (e.g. SP2 parallel, Windows) where the error messages
+      directed to "stderr" do not appear in the "right order" with output
+      from stdout.  This is not an error.
+
+    * The --enable-static-exec configure flag fails to compile for HP-UX
+      11.00 platforms.
+
+    * The executables are always dynamic on IRIX64 6.5(64 and n32) and 
+      IRIX 6.5 even if they are configured with --enable-static-exec.
+
+    * IRIX 6.5 fails to compile if configured with --enable-static-exec.
+    
+    * For 24-bit image conversion from H4->H5, the current conversion is
+      not consistent with HDF5 image specification. 
+
+    * In some cases, and SDS with an UNLIMITED dimension that has not
+      been written (current size = 0) is not converted correctly.
+
+    * After "make install" or "make install-doc" one may need to reload
+      the source from the tar file before doing another build.
+
+    * The HDF5_MPI_OPT_TYPES optimization code in the parallel HDF5 will cause
+      a hang in some cases when chunked storage is used.  This is now set to
+      be off by default.  One may turn it on by setting environment variable
+      HDF5_MPI_OPT_TYPES to a non-zero value such as 1.
+
 %%%%1.4.1%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.1 (April/01)
 
+II.   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.1 (April/01)
+
 
 
  
@@ -50,8 +366,7 @@ INTRODUCTION
 
 This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.4.0 and
 HDF5-1.4.1, and contains information on the platforms tested and
-known problems in HDF5-1.4.1. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
-file in the HDF5 source.
+known problems in HDF5-1.4.1.
 
 The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server
 (ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu) in the directory:
@@ -206,7 +521,7 @@ Known Problems
 
 %%%%1.4.0%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.4.0 (2/22/01)
 
-I. Release Information for hdf5-1.4.0
+III. Release Information for hdf5-1.4.0
  
                        HDF5 Release 1.4.0
 
@@ -806,7 +1121,7 @@ Known Problems
 
 %%%%1.2.2%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.2.2 (6/23/00)
 
-II. Release Information for hdf5-1.2.2
+IV. Release Information for hdf5-1.2.2
 
 INTRODUCTION
 
@@ -924,7 +1239,7 @@ Platforms Tested
 
 %%%%1.2.1%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.2.1
 
-III. Release Information for hdf5-1.2.1
+V. Release Information for hdf5-1.2.1
 
 Bug fixes since HDF5-1.2.0
 ==========================
@@ -1014,7 +1329,7 @@ o SunOS 5.6 with C WorkShop Compilers 4.2:  Hyperslab selections will
 
 %%%%1.2.0%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.2.0
          
-IV. Release Information for hdf5-1.2.0
+VI. Release Information for hdf5-1.2.0
 
 A. Platforms Supported
    -------------------
@@ -1267,7 +1582,7 @@ C. Changes Since Version 1.0.1
 
 %%%%1.0.1%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.0.1
          
-V. Changes from Release 1.0.0 to Release 1.0.1
+VII. Changes from Release 1.0.0 to Release 1.0.1
 
 * [Improvement]: configure sets up the Makefile in the parallel tests
   suit (testpar/) correctly.
@@ -1335,7 +1650,7 @@ V. Changes from Release 1.0.0 to Release 1.0.1
 
 %%%%1.0.0%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.0.0
 
-VI. Changes from the Beta 1.0.0 Release to Release 1.0.0
+VIII. Changes from the Beta 1.0.0 Release to Release 1.0.0
 
 * Added fill values for datasets.  For contiguous datasets fill value
   performance may be quite poor since the fill value is written to the 
@@ -1358,7 +1673,7 @@ VI. Changes from the Beta 1.0.0 Release to Release 1.0.0
 
 %%%%1.0.0 Beta%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.0.0 Beta
 
-VII. Changes from the Second Alpha 1.0.0 Release to the Beta 1.0.0 Release
+IX. Changes from the Second Alpha 1.0.0 Release to the Beta 1.0.0 Release
 
 * Strided hyperslab selections in dataspaces now working.
 
@@ -1388,7 +1703,7 @@ VII. Changes from the Second Alpha 1.0.0 Release to the Beta 1.0.0 Release
 
 %%%%1.0.0 Alpha 2%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.0.0 Alpha 2
 
-VIII. Changes from the First Alpha 1.0.0 Release to 
+X. Changes from the First Alpha 1.0.0 Release to 
      the Second Alpha 1.0.0 Release
 
 * Two of the packages have been renamed.  The data space API has been
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 4d88b5d..d931507 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-HDF5 version 1.4.2 currently under development
+HDF5 version 1.4.2-post0 currently under development
 ==============================================================================
 
 
 INTRODUCTION
 
-This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.4.1 and
-HDF5-1.4.2, and contains information on the platforms tested and
-known problems in HDF5-1.4.2. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
+This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.4.2 and
+HDF5-1.4.2-post0, and contains information on the platforms tested and
+known problems in HDF5-1.4.2-post0. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
 file in the HDF5 source.
 
 The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ If you have any questions or comments, please send them to:
 CONTENTS
 
 - New Features
-- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.1
+- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.2
 - Documentation
 - Platforms Tested
 - Supported Configuration Features
@@ -36,113 +36,16 @@ CONTENTS
 New Features
 ============
 
-    * File sizes greater than 2GB are now supported on Linux systems with
-      version 2.4.x or higher kernels.
-    * Parallel HDF5 now runs on Linux systems using MPIch.
-    * Added a global string variable H5_lib_vers_info_g which holds the
-      HDF5 library version information.  This can be used to identify
-      an hdf5 library or hdf5 application binary.
-      Also added a verification of the consistency between H5_lib_vers_info_g
-      and other version information in the source code.
-    * HDF5 now runs on the HP V2500 and HP N4000 machines.
-    * F90 API:
-        - Added aditional parameter "dims" to the h5dread_f/h5dwrite_f and
-          h5aread_f/h5awrite_f subroutines.  This parameter is a 1-D array 
-          of size 7 and contains the sizes of the data buffer dimensions. 
-          This change enables portability between Windows and UNIX platforms.
-          In previous versions of the F90 APIs, the data buffer parameters of 
-          the above functions were declared as assumed-shape arrays, which 
-          were passed to the C functions by a descriptor.  There is no 
-          portable means, however, of passing descriptors from F90 to C, 
-          causing portability problems between Windows and UNIX and among
-          UNIX platforms.  With this change, the data buffers are assumed-
-          size arrays, which can be portably passed to the C functions.
-    * F90 static library is available on Windows platforms. 
-      See INSTALL_Windows_withF90.txt for details.
-    * F90 APIs are available on HPUX 11.00 and 10.20 and IBM SP platforms.
-    * H5 <-> GIF convertor has been added. This is available under 
-      tools/gifconv. The convertor supports the ability to create animated
-      gifs as well.
-    * Verified correct operation of library on Solaris 2.8 in both 64-bit and
-      32-bit compilation modes.  See INSTALL document for instructions on
-      compiling the distribution with 64-bit support.
-    * Added support for the Metrowerks Code Warrior compiler for Windows.  
-    * For H4->H5 converter utility, added a new option to choose not to convert
-      HDF4 specified attributes(reference number, class) into HDF5 attributes.
-    * Added support chunking and compression in SDS and image in H4->H5
-      converter. Currently HDF5 only supports gzip compression, so by
-      default an HDF4 file with any other compression method will be
-      converted into an HDF5 file in gzip compression. 
-    * correct the order or reading HDF4 image array in H4->H5 conversion.  
-    * Added new parallel hdf5 tests in t_mpi.  The new test checks if the
-      filesystem or the MPI-IO can really handle greater than 2GB files.
-      If it fails, it prints information message only without failing the
-      test.
-    * Added a parallel HDF5 example examples/ph5example.c to illustrate
-      the basic way of using parallel HDF5.
-    * Added a new public macro, H5_VERS_INFO, which is a string holding
-      the HDF5 library version information.  This string is also compiled
-      into all HDF5 binary code which helps to identify the version information
-      of the binary code.  One may use the Unix strings command on the binary
-      file and looks for the pattern "HDF5 library version".
-    * Added new checking in H5check_version() to verify the five HDF5 version
-      information macros (H5_VERS_MAJOR, H5_VERS_MINOR, H5_VERS_RELEASE,
-      H5_VERS_SUBRELEASE and H5_VERS_INFO) are consistent.
-      
          
-Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.1 Release
+Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.2 Release
 ==================================
 
-    * Fixed bug with non-zero userblock sizes causing raw data to not
-      write correctly.
-    * Fixed problems with Pablo build and linking with non-standard MPI I/O.
-    * Fixed build on Linux systems with --enable-static-exec flag. It now
-      works correctly.
-    * IMPORTANT: Fixed file metadata corruption bug which could cause 
-      metadata data loss in certain situations.
-    * The allocation by alignment (H5Pset_alignment) feature code somehow
-      got dropped in some 1.3.x version. Re-implemented it with "new and
-      improved" algorithm.  It keeps track of "wasted" file-fragment in
-      the free-list too.
-    * Removed limitation that the data transfer buffer size needed to be
-      set for datasets whose dimensions were too large for the 'all' 
-      selection code to handle.  Any size dimensioned datasets should be 
-      handled correctly now.
-    * Changed behavior of H5Tget_member_type to correctly emulate HDF5 v1.2.x
-      when --enable-hdf5v1_2 configure flag is enabled.
-    * Added --enable-linux-lfs flag to allow more control over whether to 
-      enable or disable large file support on Linux.
-    * Fixed various bugs releated to SDS dimensional scale conversions in H4->H5 
-      converter.
-    * Fixed a bug to correctly convert HDF4 objects with fill value into HDF5.
-    * Fixed a bug of H5pubconf.h causing repeated definitions if it is included
-      more than once.  hdf5.h now includes H5public.h which includes
-      H5pubconf.h.  Applications should #include hdf5.h which handles multiple
-      inclusion correctly.
-    * Fixed H5FDmpio.h to be C++ friendly by making Parallel HDF5 API's to be
-      external to C++.
-    * Fixed a bug in H5FD_mpio_flush() that might result in negative file seek
-      if both MPIO and Split-file drivers are used together.
 
 
 
 Documentation
 =============
 
-    * The H5T_conv_t and H5T_cdata_t structures are now properly defined
-      in the H5Tregister entry in the "H5T" section of the "HDF5 Reference 
-      Manual" and described in detail in section 12, "Data Conversions," in 
-      the "Datatypes" chapter of the "HDF5 User's Guide."
-    * The new tools h52gif and gif2h5 have been added to the "Tools" section
-      of the Reference Manual.
-    * A "Freespace Management" section has been added to the "Performance" 
-      chapter of the User's Guide.
-    * Several user-reported bugs have been fixed since Release 1.4.1.
-    * The "HDF5 Image and Palette Specification" (in the "HDF5 Application
-      Developer's Guide") has been heavily revised.  Based on extensive user 
-      feedback and input from visualization software developers, Version 1.2 
-      of the image specification is substantially different from prior 
-      versions.
 
 
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