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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2009-04-29 20:59:09 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2009-04-29 20:59:09 (GMT)
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[svn-r16895] Description:
Formatting pass.
-rw-r--r--release_docs/RELEASE.txt53
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 2bdc2c5..4f2314b 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ New Features
Tools:
------
- h5diff new flag, -c, --compare, list objects that are not comparable.
- PVN - 2009/4/10 - 1368
+ PVN - 2009/4/10 - 1368
- h5diff new flag, -N, --nan, avoids NaNs detection. PVN - 2009/4/10
- h5dump correctly specifies XML dtd / schema urls ADB - 2009/4/3 - 1519
- h5dump: binary output defaults to NATIVE with -b optionally accepting
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ New Features
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
@@ -87,50 +86,45 @@ New Features
Support for New Platforms, Languages and Compilers
==================================================
+
Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.8 Release
==================================
-
Library
-------
- Added H5Z_class1_t macro, as H5Z_class_t is now versioned in 1.8.
- NAF - 2009/04/20 - 1533
+ NAF - 2009/04/20 - 1533
- Fixed a bug that prevented more than one dataset chunk from being cached
- at a time. NAF - 2009/02/12
+ 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
-------------
- h5perf will now get installed during 'make install'. MAM - 2008/11/17
Performance
- -------------
+ -----------
Tools
-----
- h5dump, h5diff, h5repack were not reading (by hyperslabs) datasets
- 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
+ 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
- zip_perf.c had missing argument on one of the open() calls. Fixed.
AKC - 2008/12/9
- Documentation
- -------------
-
-
F90 API
-------
- None
-
C++ API
-------
- Revised Attribute::write and Attribute::read wrappers to handle
- memory allocation/deallocation properly. (bugzilla 1045)
+ memory allocation/deallocation properly. (Bugzilla 1045)
BMR - 2009/4/19
@@ -151,7 +145,7 @@ Documentation
in the document "HDF5 Software Changes from Release to Release":
http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc1.6/ADGuide/Changes.html
-
+
Since the stream I/O driver is not included in this release, the
functions H5Pset_fapl_stream and H5Pget_fapl_stream and the stream
ENUM value H5FD_STREAM have been removed from the documentation.
@@ -159,12 +153,11 @@ Documentation
Platforms Tested
================
-
- AIX 5.3 xlc 7.0.0.8
- xlf 09.01.0000.0008
- xlC 7.0.0.8
- mpcc_r 7.0.0.8
- mpxlf_r 09.01.0000.0008
+ AIX 5.3 xlc 7.0.0.8
+ xlf 09.01.0000.0008
+ xlC 7.0.0.8
+ mpcc_r 7.0.0.8
+ mpxlf_r 09.01.0000.0008
FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386 gcc 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] 20060305
(duty) g++ 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] 20060305
@@ -201,7 +194,6 @@ Platforms Tested
SMP ia64 GNU/Linux Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 10.0.025
(ucar hir1)
-
Linux 2.6.16.46-0.14-smp #1 Intel(R) C++ for Intel(R) EM64T Ver. 10.1.013
SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) EM64T Ver. 10.1.013
(smirom) PGI C, Fortran, C++ Version 7.2-1
@@ -246,7 +238,6 @@ Platforms Tested
Supported Configuration Features Summary
========================================
-
Key: y = Tested and supported
n = Not supported or not tested in this release
C = Cluster
@@ -265,7 +256,7 @@ WinXP 2005 n y n y y y
WinXP .Net n y n y y y
WinVista 2005 n n n y y y
Mac OS X 10.4.10 n y n y y y
-AIX 5.3 32-bit n y n y y n
+AIX 5.3 32-bit n y n y y n
FreeBSD 6.3 32- and 64-bit n n n y y y
RedHat EL4 2.6.9-42 i686 GNU (1) W y y y y y y
RedHat EL4 2.6.9-42 i686 Intel W n y n y y n
@@ -338,11 +329,9 @@ Known Problems
IO instead.
To avoid this problem, change the following line in your code:
- H5Pset_dxpl_mpio(xfer_plist, H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE);
-
+ H5Pset_dxpl_mpio(xfer_plist, H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE);
to
- H5Pset_dxpl_mpio(xfer_plist, H5FD_MPIO_INDEPENDENT);
-
+ H5Pset_dxpl_mpio(xfer_plist, H5FD_MPIO_INDEPENDENT);
KY - 2007/08/24
* QSC (an HP alpha-based OSF1 cluster) does not create h5pfc correctly. It
@@ -435,7 +424,7 @@ Known Problems
The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile
on the HPUX 11.00.
-
+
It is suggested that you don't use this option on these platforms
during configuration.