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+++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-HDF5 version 1.6.3 released on Wed Sep 22 11:30:11 CDT 2004
+HDF5 version 1.6.3-post0 released on Sun Oct 24 21:50:43 CDT 2004
 ================================================================================
 
 
 INTRODUCTION
 
-This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.2 and
-HDF5-1.6.3, and contains information on the platforms tested and
-known problems in HDF5-1.6.3. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
+This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.3 and
+HDF5-1.6.3-*, and contains information on the platforms tested and
+known problems in HDF5-1.6.3-*. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
 file in the HDF5 source.
 
 The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CONTENTS
 
 - New Features
 - Support for new platforms and languages
-- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.2
+- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3
 - Documentation
 - Platforms Tested
 - Supported Configuration Features Summary
@@ -36,276 +36,79 @@ CONTENTS
 New Features
 ============
 
-    Configuration:
-    --------------
-        - Added some initial support for making purify (or similar memory
-            checking products) happier by initializing buffers to zero and
-            disabling the internal free list code.  To take advantage of this,
-            define 'H5_USING_PURIFY' in your CFLAGS when building the library.
-            QAK - 2004/07/23
-
-        - WINDOWS building,testing and installing improvements
-
-          - On Windows, FORTRAN,C++ and C projects are merged into one zip file, 
-            users can choose an option to build either FORTRAN or C++ or both 
-            with basic C library.For detailed information,
-            please read INSTALL_Windows.txt.
-
-          - On Windows, szip compression library with or without encoder can be easily
-            turned off or on when building HDF5.  For detailed information,
-            please read INSTALL_Windows.txt, especially section V. 
-  
-          - On Windows, an optional procedure for building,testing and installing
-            HDF5 from command line is provided. This procedure is supposed to be
-            convenient for experienced users, please read 
-            INSTALL_windows_From_Command_Line.txt for details.
-
-          - On Windows, an alternative short instruction document for building,
-            testing and installing HDF5 is provided. This instruction is supposed to
-            be convenient for general users, please read 
-            INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt for details.
-
-          - On Windows, h5repack,h5diff,h5ls and h5import tool tests have been added.
-          KY - 2004/9/16
-  
 
     Library:
     --------
-        - Modified the way how HDF5 calculates 'pixels_per_scanline' parameter for
-          SZIP compression. Now there is no restriction on the size and shape of the 
-          chunk except that the total number of elements in the chunk cannot be 
-          bigger than 'pixels_per_block' parameter provided by the user.
-                                                                    EIP - 2004/07/21 
-        - HDF5 can now link to SZIP with or without szip's encoder.
-          The new API function H5Zget_filter_info can be used to check
-          szip's status.  Attempting to assign szip to a dataset property
-          list or attempting to write with szip will generate an error if
-          szip's encoder is disabled.  JL/NF - 2004/6/30
-        - SZIP always uses K13 compression.  This flag no longer needs to
-          be set when calling H5Pset_szip.  If the flag for CHIP
-          compression is set, it will be ignored (since the two are mutually
-          exclusive).  JL/NF - 2004/6/30
-        - A new API function H5Fget_name was added.  It returns the name
-          of the file by object(file, group, data set, named data type,
-          attribute) ID.  SLU - 2004/06/29
-        - A new API function H5Fget_filesize was added.  It returns the
-          actual file size of the opened file.  SLU - 2004/06/24
-	- Added option that if $HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK is set to 2,
-	  will suppress all library version mismatch warning messages.
-	  AKC - 2004/4/14
+        - Compound datatype has been enhanced with a new feature of size 
+            adjustment.  The size can be increased and decreased(without
+            cutting the last member).  No API change is involved.  SLU - 
+            2004/10/1
 
     Parallel Library:
     -----------------
+        - Allow compressed, chunked datasets to be read in parallel.
+            QAK - 2004/10/04
 
     Tools:
     ------
-        - h5repack was added to the tools suite. h5repack regenerates an HDF5 file 
-	  from another HDF5 file, optionally applying HDF5 filters (compression) 
-	  and/or chunking to the copied file. The filters options are read from 
-	  the command line. See /doc/html/Tools.html for more details.
-	  PVN - 2004/9/13
-
-        - h5dump includes new features:
-           1) Printing of dataset filters, storage layout and fill value information.
-           2) Print a list of the file contents.
-	   3) Escape non printing characters.
-	   4) Print the content of the boot block.
-	   5) Print array indices with the data (the default).
-	  These options are all switch controlled. See /doc/html/Tools.html for more details.
-	  PVN - 2004/9/13
 	      
 
     F90 API:
     --------
-        - added new subroutines:
-                h5fget_filesize_f
-                h5iget_file_id_f
-                h5premove_filter_f
-                h5zget_filter_info_f
-                                         EIP 2004/9/21
- 
-        - added new h5fget_name_f and h5fget_filesize_f subroutines
-                                         EIP 2004/07/08
 
     C++ API:
     --------
-	- Added wrappers for array and variable length datatypes APIs
-	- Added wrappers for newly added APIs from H5T, H5F, and H5I
-	- Added many wrappers that were missing from the H5P API
-	- Added the ability to reference HDF5 objects to these classes:
-	  DataSet, DataType, Group, and H5File (wrappers for H5R APIs)
-	BMR 2004/08/04
 
 
 Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
 =======================================
-        - Added PGI Fortran support for Linux64 (x86_64) systems
-                            EIP - 2004/08/19
-        - Absoft compiler f95 v9.0 is supported on Linux 2.4 32bit
-                            EIP - 2004/07/29 
-        - HDF5 Fortran APIs are supported on Mac OSX with IBM XL Fortran
-          compiler version 8.1. This is a default compiler.
-        - HDF5 Fortran APIs are supported on MAC OSX with Absoft F95 compiler
-          version 8.2; set F9X environment variable to f95, for example
-          setenv F9X f95
-          Use --disable-shared --enable-static configure flags when Absoft
-          compiler is used.
-                             EIP - 2004/07/27
-
-Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.2 release
+
+Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3 release
 ==================================
 
     Library
     -------
-	- Fixed parallel bug in which some processes attempted collective
-	  I/O while others did independent I/O.  Bug appeared when some
-	  processes used point selections, and others didn't.  JRM - 2004/9/15
-        - Corrected error where dataset region references were written in an
-          incorrect way on Cray machines.  PVN & QAK - 2004/09/13
-        - The H5Tget_native_type now determines the native type for integers
-          based on the precision. This is to avoid cases of wrongly converting        
-          an int to a short in machines that have a short of 8 bytes but with
-	  32bit precision (e.g Cray SV1). PVN - 2004/09/07 
-        - Changed H5Dread() to not overwrite data in an application's buffer
-          with garbage when accessing a chunked dataset with an undefined fill
-          value and an unwritten chunk is uncountered.  QAK - 2004/08/25
-        - Fixed error which could cause a core dump when a type conversion
-          routine was registered after a compound datatype had been
-          converted and then an equivalent compound datatype was converted
-          again.  QAK - 2004/08/07
-        - Fixed memory overwrite when encoding "multi" file driver information
-          for file's superblock.  QAK - 2004/08/05
-        - Fixed obscure bug where a filter which failed during chunk allocation
-          could allow library to write uncompressed data to disk but think
-          the data was compressed.  QAK - 2004/07/29
-        - Fixed bug where I/O to an extendible chunked dataset with zero-sized
-          dimensions would cause library to fail an assertion.
-          QAK - 2004/07/27
-        - Fixed bug where chunked datasets which have filters defined,
-          allocation time set to "late" and whose chunks don't align with
-          the dataspace bounds could have incorrect data stored when
-          overwriting the entire dataset on the first write.  QAK - 2004/07/27
-        - Added check to ensure that dataspaces have extents set. JML-2004/07/26
-        - Fixed bug on some Solaris systems where HDF5 would try to use
-          gettimeofday() when that function didn't work properly.
-          JML - 2004/07/23
-        - Fixed bug in H5Sset_extent_simple where setting maximum size to
-          non-zero, then to zero would cause an error.  JML - 2004/07/20
-        - Allow NULL pointer for buffer parameter to H5Dread & H5Dwrite
-          when not writing data ("none" selection or hyperslab or point
-          selection with no elements defined).  QAK - 2004/07/20
-        - Calling H5Gcreate() on "/" or "." throws an error instead of
-          failing quietly. JML - 2004/07/19
-        - Fixed bug where setting file address size to be very small could
-          trigger an assert if the file grew to more than 64 KB.  Now throws
-          an error and data can be recovered. JL/NF - 2004/07/14
-        - Fixed bug where "resurrecting" a dataset was failing.
-          QAK - 2004/07/14
-        - Fixed bug where incorrect data could be read from a chunked dataset
-          after it was extended.  QAK - 2004/07/12
-        - After compound datatype with variable-length string in the fields
-          is committed to file, the size is messed up when it's read back.
-          Fixed.  SLU - 2004/06/11
-        - Fixed potential file corruption bug when a block of metadata could
-          overlap the end of the internal metadata accumulator buffer and
-          the buffer would be extended correctly, but would incorrectly 
-          change it's starting address.  QAK - 2004/06/09
-        - Opaque datatype with no tag failed for some operations.  Fixed.
-          SLU - 2004/6/3
-        - Fixed potential file corruption bug where dimensions that were
-          too large (a value greater than could be represented in 32-bits)
-          could cause the incorrect amount of space to be allocated in a
-          file for the raw data for the dataset.  QAK - 2004/06/01
-	- Fixed dtypes "sw long double -> double" failure in QSC class
-	  machines.  AKC - 2004/4/16
+        - Fix segmentation fault when calling H5Fflush with an attribute that
+            hasn't had a value written to it open.  QAK - 2004/10/18
+        - Back up supporting bitfield and time types in H5Tget_native_type.  
+            Leave it to future support.  The function simply returns error 
+            message of "not support" for bitfield and time types.  
+            SLU - 2004/10/5
+        - Fixed address check in Core VFL driver to avoid spurious address/size
+            overflows for odd valued addresses and/or sizes.  QAK - 2004/09/27
+        - Fixed problem where chunked datasets were not able to be deleted
+            from a file under certain circumstances.  QAK - 2004/09/27/
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-        - Fixed the long compile time of H5detect.c when v7.x Intel Compiler
-	  is used with optimization NOT off.  AKC - 2004/05/20
+	- Long double is assumed to be a supported C data type.  It is a
+	  stanadard C89 type. AKC - 2004/10/22
+
 
     Performance
     -------------
 
     Tools
     -----
-        - On SGI h5dump displayed only part of the data due to the bug
-          in the system printf; fixed.
-                                             EIP - 2004/09/21 
+        - Fixed space utilization reported in h5ls to correct error in formula
+            used.  QAK - 2004/10/22
+
     Documentation 
     ------------- 
-        - Several descriptive errors have been fixed throughout the 
-          documentation, particularly in the reference manual (RM).
-          A selection particularly worthy of note would be these: 
-        - The H5Pset_szip description in the RM has been expanded and
-          corrected to facilitate use of SZIP compression.
-        - A note has been added to the H5Dcreate description that an
-          unexplained failure is likely to be due to a property list error 
-          that is detected only at the time of dataset creation.
-        -
-        FMB - 2004/09/21
 
     F90 API
     -------
     
-    Fortran functions h5dwrite/read_f and h5awrite/read_f do not
-    accept dims parameter of INTEGER type anymore. Code was removed.
-                                                    2004/04/15
     C++ API
     -------
-	- H5::Exception's and its subclasses' constructors that were 
-	  overloaded to take char pointers are removed and constructors
-	  that passed in reference of 'string' are changed to pass 
-	  by value.  In addition, the default value of the data member
-	  H5::Exception::detailMessage is changed from 0/NULL to 
-	  DEFAULT_MSG ("No detailed information provided".)
-	- Prototype for DSetCreatPropList::setLayout is changed: 1st parameter
-          is removed because it was there only by mistake.
-	BMR 2004/08/04
-
 Documentation
 =============
+
     HDF5 Library documentation
     --------------------------
-        - HDF5 C++ API Reference Manual
-          This document has been added to the HDF5 document set.  
-          The predecessor document, "HDF5 C++ Interfaces," has been removed.
-        - HDF5 C++ API Design Specification
-          A first draft of this document has been added to the HDF5 document 
-          set.  The draft has been posted on the HDF5 website and a link 
-          has been added to the HDF5 documents index (index.html at the top 
-          level of the document set).
-        - Parallel HDF5
-          In prior releases, the HDF5 document set included two parallel
-          HDF5 documents.  Those documents have been deleted and the 
-          HDF5 documents index (index.html) now links to a "Parallel HDF5" 
-          page on the HDF5 website (http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/PHDF5/).
-        - HDF5 High Level APIs
-          Links to the HDF5 High Level APIs and to the HDF5 High Level 
-          Reference Manual have been added to the HDF5 documents index
-          (index.html).
-        - HDF5 Reference Manual
-          Tools: h5repack -- A description of the new h5repack tool has been 
-              added to the Tools page.
-          Tools: h5dump -- Several new options have been added to h5dump.
-          New functions -- All new functions have been added to the RM.
-          API changes -- Relevant function descriptions have been updated in
-              instances where programming interfaces have changed. 
-        FMB - 2004/09/21
 
     Windows installation documentation
     ----------------------------------
-        -  INSTALL_Windows.txt has been enhanced to include instructions building 
-           HDF5 with FORTRAN and C++. 
-        -  Two optional installation documents have been added. They are
-           INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt and INSTALL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt.
-           INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt is supposed to help general users who
-           only want to build,test and install HDF5 in a quick way.
-           INSTALL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt is supposed to help users who
-           would like to compile,test and install HDF5 in command line environment.
-        -  INSTALL_Windows_withcpp.txt and INSTALL_Windows_withF90.txt became
-           obsolete. Files are deleted from the release_docs directory.
-        KY 2004/09/16, EIP 2004/9/21