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authorElena Pourmal <epourmal@hdfgroup.org>2009-08-25 16:32:22 (GMT)
committerElena Pourmal <epourmal@hdfgroup.org>2009-08-25 16:32:22 (GMT)
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HDF5 version 1.8.3-snap8 currently under development
-==> README.txt <==
+Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This release is fully functional for the API described in the documentation.
+See the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs/ directory for information
+specific to this release of the library. Several INSTALL* files can also be
+found in the release_docs/ directory: INSTALL contains instructions for
+compiling and installing the library; INSTALL_parallel contains instructions
+for installing the parallel version of the library; similarly-named files
+contain instructions for VMS and several environments on MS Windows systems.
+
+Documentation for this release can be found at the following URL:
+ http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/.
+
+The following mailing lists are currently set up for HDF5 Library users:
+
+ news - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
+ not a discussion list.
+
+ hdf-forum - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with
+ other users.
+
+ hdf5dev - For discussion of the HDF5 library development
+ with developers and other interested parties.
+
+To subscribe to a list, send mail to "<list>-subscribe@hdfgroup.org".
+where <list> is the name of the list. For example, send a request
+to subscribe to the 'news' mail list to the following address:
+ news-subscribe@hdfgroup.org
+
Messages sent to the list should be addressed to "<list>@hdfgroup.org".
Periodic code snapshots are provided at the following URL: