[svn-r4114]

Purpose:
    Maintenance
Description:
    Source directory has been rearranged.                                                                        INSTALL*, HISTORY.txt and RELEASE.txt were moved to the release_docs directory.                              *.zip files were moved to the windows directory.                                                             README file was renamed to README.txt                                                                        MANIFEST was updated to reflect those changes.

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+This is hdf5-1.5.7 currently under development
+Please refer to the 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 this 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.
+
+Documentation for this release is in the html directory.  Start with the
+"index.html" in that dictectory.
+
+Four mailing lists are currently set up for use with the HDF5
+library.
+
+   hdf5         - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with
+		  other users.
+
+   hdf5dev      - For discussion of the HDF5 library development
+		  with developers and other interested parties.
+
+   hdf5announce - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
+		  not a discussion list.
+
+   hdf5cvs      - For checkin notices of code development on the library,
+		  not a discussion list.
+
+To subscribe to a list, send mail to "majordomo@ncsa.uiuc.edu",
+with "subscribe <list>" in the _body_, not the Subject, of the message.
+E.g., subscribe hdf5 
+
+Messages to be sent to the list should be sent to "<list>@ncsa.uiuc.edu".
+
+Nearly daily code snapshots are now being provided at the following URL:
+    ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots
+Please read the readme file in that directory before working with a library
+snapshot.
+
+The HDF5 website is located at http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/
+
+Bugs should be reported to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu.
+