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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2005-03-15 21:05:41 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2005-03-15 21:05:41 (GMT)
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[svn-r10221]
Purpose: Update the Release 1.6.4 section of the Changes document. Platforms tested: Firefox
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@@ -61,18 +61,19 @@ an application synchronized with the HDF5 library or related software.
This section lists the API-level changes that have been made in the
transition from the HDF5 Release 1.6.3 to Release 1.6.4.
-<font size="+1" color="red">
-<p>
-<i>Note to developers:</i> This is primarily an outline of topics.
-Where no formatting template appears, get it from the last prior release section
-in which the topic appears.
-If you need a section that does not appear, feel free to add it.
-Last thing before the release, unused sections should be commented out.
-</font>
<h3>New Functions and Tools</h3>
<dl>
+
+<!--
<dt>C functions:
+-->
+ <dt>C functions and
+ <dt>Fortran subroutines:
+ <dd>HDF5 Release 1.6.4 is primarily a "Bugfix Release";
+ there are no public API changes in the HDF5 C library
+ or in the Fortran interfaces.
+<!--
<dd>The following C functions are new for Release 1.6.4 and
are documented in the
<a href="../RM_H5Front.html"><cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite></a>.
@@ -86,8 +87,26 @@ Last thing before the release, unused sections should be commented out.
</tr>
</table>
+-->
<dd>&nbsp;
+ <dt>High Level C APIs:
+ <dd>The High Level C APIs (HL), including the HDF5 Image,
+ HDF5 Table, and HDF5 Lite interfaces
+ (H5IM, H5TB, and H5LT, respectively) ,
+ have been brought into the main HDF5 source code distribution.
+ A link to the HL documentation appears on the opening
+ page of the HDF5 document set or can be accessed directly at
+ <a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/hdf5_hl/doc/RM_hdf5hl.html">
+ <code>http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/hdf5_hl/doc/RM_hdf5hl.html</code></a>
+
+ <br><br>
+ The HL library, <code>libhdf5_hl.a(so)</code>,
+ is built and installed by default but can be disabled with
+ the <code>--disable-hl</code> configure flag.
+
+<!--
+ <dd>&nbsp;
<dt>Fortran subroutines:
<dd>The following Fortran90 subroutines are new for Release 1.6.3
and are documented in the
@@ -115,28 +134,47 @@ Last thing before the release, unused sections should be commented out.
<td align="left" valign="top">New Fortran90 subroutines
corresponding to C functions from prior releases:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None<br>
-<!--
+--><!--
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>new_fortran_here</code><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>last_new_fortran_here</code>
--->
+--><!--
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
+-->
+<!--
<dd>&nbsp;
<dt>C++ wrappers:
- <dd>
+ <dd>
+-->
<dd>&nbsp;
<dt>Tools:
- <dd>
+ <dd>A new pair of tools, <code>h5jam</code> and <code>h5unjam</code>,
+ is available to manage user blocks in HDF5 files.
+ See <a href="../Tools.html#Tools-Jam">their entry</a>
+ in the <cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite>.
+
+
</dl>
<h3>Deleted Functions</h3>
+ The following functions have been removed in this release.
+
+ <dl>
+ <dd>&nbsp;
+ <dt>C++ wrappers:
+ <dd> The C++ wrappers now rely on the C library's reference
+ counting in place of the class <code>RefCounter</code>,
+ which existed before the C mechanism was available.
+ <code>RefCounter</code> has therefore been removed.
+ </dl>
+
<!--
None.
-->
@@ -178,7 +216,7 @@ Last thing before the release, unused sections should be commented out.
distribution and from the <cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite>.
-->
-
+<!--
The following functions have been removed in this release.
<dl>
@@ -186,8 +224,17 @@ Last thing before the release, unused sections should be commented out.
<dt>Category
<dd><code>function_name</code>
</dl>
+-->
+
+
+ <h3>Changed Library Configuration</h3>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>HDF5 Library configuration has been upgraded from
+ GNU autoconf 2.53 to autoconf 2.59.
+ </dl>
+<!--
<h3>Functions with Changed Syntax</h3>
The following functions have changed as noted.
@@ -222,8 +269,10 @@ Last thing before the release, unused sections should be commented out.
<dd>Change...
</dl>
+-->
+<!--
<h3>Constants with Changed Values</h3>
The following library structures have changed as noted.
@@ -243,6 +292,7 @@ Last thing before the release, unused sections should be commented out.
<li>new definition<br>
</ul>
<p>
+-->
@@ -1887,7 +1937,7 @@ Describes HDF5 Release 1.6.4, February 2005
</address>
<!-- #EndLibraryItem --><!-- Created: Spring 1999 -->
<!-- hhmts start -->
-Last modified: 10 February 2005
+Last modified: 15 March 2005
<!-- hhmts end -->
</body>