[svn-r14550] Description:

    Editorial review.
    Verify and fix links and references.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
-HDF5 version 1.8.0 currently under development
+HDF5 version 1.8.0, February 2008
 Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-This release is almost fully functional for the entire API defined in the
-documentation, see the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs directory for information
-specific to this release of the library.  The INSTALL file contains
-instructions on compiling and installing the library.  The INSTALL_parallel
-file contains instructions on installing the parallel version of the
-library.  The INSTALL* files can be found in the release_docs/ directory.
+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.uiuc.edu/HDF5/release/beta/obtain518.html
+    http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/.
 
-Four mailing lists are currently set up for use with the HDF5
-library.
+The following  mailing lists are currently set up for HDF5 Library users:
 
-   news         - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
-		  not a discussion list.
+    news        - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
+                  not a discussion list.
 
-   hdf-forum    - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with
-		  other users.
+    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.
+    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.
-E.g., mail hdf5-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 to be sent to the list should be sent to "<list>@hdfgroup.org".
+Messages sent to the list should be addressed to "<list>@hdfgroup.org".
 
 Periodic code snapshots are provided at the following URL:
     ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots
-Please read the README.txt file in that directory before working with a library
-snapshot.
+Please read the README.txt file in that directory before working with a 
+library snapshot.
 
 The HDF5 website is located at http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/