Merge pull request #556 in HDFFV/hdf5 from ~BYRN/hdf5_adb:hdf5_1_8 to hdf5_1_8

* commit '64f8611393fe626fccd2ecfe52a6701b695d0d1d':
  Correct spelling
  Fix meaning of text
  Added issues to bug fixes and enhancements

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 21bbe42..c54d018 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -57,16 +57,40 @@ New Features
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-    - CMake minimum is now 3.2.2. (ADB 2016/01/10)
+    -
 
+    - CMake in the Tools
+
+      User-defined filters on Windows require that tools be built
+      with shared libraries.
+
+      CMake command code added to build tools with
+      shared libraries as well as with static libraries.
+
+      (ADB - 2017/02/07, HDFFV-10123)
 
 
     Library
     -------
 
-    - Filter plugin API added to access the table of paths to search for a
-      library.
-      (HDFFV-10143 ADB 2017/04/04)
+    - H5PL package
+
+      Users would like to be able to set the plugin path programmatically
+      instead of through the environment variable.
+
+      H5PL package obtained new APIs for manipulating the entries of
+      the plugin path table. The new APIs are;
+        H5PLappend  - Insert a plugin path at the end of the list.
+        H5PLprepend - Insert a plugin path at the beginning of the list.
+        H5PLreplace - Replace the path at the specified index.
+        H5PLinsert  - Insert a plugin path at the specified index, moving
+                      other paths after the index.
+        H5PLremove  - Remove the plugin path at the specifed index and
+                      compacting the list.
+        H5PLget     - Query the plugin path at the specified index.
+        H5PLsize    - Query the size of the current list of plugin paths.
+
+      (ADB - 2017/04/04, HDFFV-10143)
 
 
     Parallel Library
@@ -118,12 +142,21 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.18
     Configuration
     -------------
     - Support for Fortran shared libraries on OS X with autotools now
-      works. Cmake builds still disables Fortran shared libraries on OS X.  
+      works. Cmake builds still disables Fortran shared libraries on OS X.
       (MSB - 2017/04/30, HDFFV-2772)
 
 
     Library
     -------
+    - bitfield datatypes
+
+      bitfield datatypes did not fully support endianness of the data.
+
+      Improved the endianness of bitfield datatypes by adding missing functional
+      code. This code used integer types as a template.
+
+      (ADB - 2017/05/12, HDFFV-10186)
+
     - Missing #ifdef __cplusplus macros were added to the generated H5Epubgen.h file.
 
     (HDFFV-9638, DER, 4/25/2017)
@@ -148,7 +181,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.18
 
       Improved h5repack by reading the creation order and applying the
       flag to the new root group. Also added arguments to set the
-      order and index direction, which applys to the traversing of the
+      order and index direction, which applies to the traversing of the
       original file, on the command line.
 
       (ADB - 2017/05/26, HDFFV-8611)
@@ -165,6 +198,15 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.18
 
       (ADB - 2017/05/18, HDFFV-9055, HDFFV-10128)
 
+    - h5diff
+
+      h5diff did not report user-defined filter data differences correctly..
+
+      Improved h5diff compare of user-defined filter data by reporting an
+      error if the user-defined filter plugin cannot be found..
+
+      (ADB - 2017/01/18, HDFFV-9994)
+
     Fortran API
     -----------
     - None