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HDF5 version 1.10.3-snap0 currently under development
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+THE HDF GROUP
+---------------
+
+The HDF Group is the developer of HDF5®, a high-performance software library and
+data format that has been adopted across multiple industries and has become a
+de facto standard in scientific and research communities.
+
+More information about The HDF Group, the HDF5 Community and the HDF5 software
+project, tools and services can be found at the Group's website.
+
+ https://www.hdfgroup.org/
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION
+-------------
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 several environments on MS Windows systems.
+ https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/The+HDF5+API
+
+Full Documentation and Programming Resources for this release can be found at
+ https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5
+
+See the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs/ directory for information specific
+to the features and updates included in this release of the library.
+
+Several more files are located within the release_docs/ directory with specific
+details for several common platforms and configurations.
+
+ INSTALL - Start Here. General instructions for compiling and installing the library
+ INSTALL_CMAKE - instructions for building with CMake (Kitware.com)
+ INSTALL_parallel - instructions for building and configuring Parallel HDF5
+ INSTALL_Windows and INSTALL_Cygwin - MS Windows installations.
+
+
+
+HELP AND SUPPORT
+----------------
+Information regarding Help Desk and Support services is available at
+
+ https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/The+HDF+Help+Desk
+
+
-Documentation for this release can be found at the following URL:
- http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/.
+FORUM and NEWS
+--------------
+The following public forums are provided for public announcements and discussions
+of interest to the general HDF5 Community.
-The following mailing lists are currently set up for HDF5 Library users:
+ Homepage of the Forum
+ https://forum.hdfgroup.org
- news - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
- not a discussion list.
+ News and Announcement
+ https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/news-and-announcements-from-the-hdf-group
- hdf-forum - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with
- other users.
+ HDF5 and HDF4 Topics
+ https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/hdf5
+
+These forums are provided as an open and public service for searching and reading.
+Posting requires completing a simple registration and allows one to join in the
+conversation. Please read the following instructions pertaining to the Forum's
+use and configuration
+ https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/quickstart-guide-welcome-to-the-new-hdf-forum
-To subscribe to a list, send mail to "<list>-subscribe@lists.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@lists.hdfgroup.org
-Messages sent to the list should be addressed to "<list>@lists.hdfgroup.org".
+SNAPSHOTS, PREVIOUS RELEASES AND SOURCE CODE
+--------------------------------------------
+Periodically development code snapshots are provided at the following URL:
+ https://gamma.hdfgroup.org/ftp/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots/
-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.
+Source packages for current and previous releases are located at:
+ https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Downloads
-The HDF5 website is located at http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
+Development code is available at our BitBucket Server:
+ https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse
-Bugs should be reported to help@hdfgroup.org.