[svn-r4529] Snapshot version 1.5 release 12

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
index a2607f5..702ab53 100644
--- a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.5.11 released on Sun Sep 30 03:32:03 CDT 2001
+HDF5 version 1.5.12 released on Sat Oct  6 03:29:00 CDT 2001
 ================================================================================
 
 
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ Library
       optimally when the dataset had unlimited dimensions.  Dataset is read
       in a single low-level I/O now, instead of being broken into separate
       pieces internally.
+    * Fixed a bug where reading or writing chunked data which needed datatype
+      conversion could result in data values getting corrupted.
 
 Configuration
 -------------
@@ -88,6 +90,11 @@ Configuration
     * Basic port to Compaq (nee DEC) Alpha OSF 5.
     * Added --enable-linux-lfs flag to allow more control over whether to enable
       or disable large file support on Linux.
+    * Require HDF (a.k.a. hdf4) software that consists of a newer version
+      of zlib library which consists of the compress2() function. Versions
+      HDF version 4.1r3 and newer meets this requirement.  The compress2
+      uses a newer compression algorithm used by the HDF5 library.  Also,
+      4.1r3 has an hdp tool that can handle "loops" in Vgroups.
 
 
 Tools
@@ -165,6 +172,8 @@ New Features
       the return type of H5Pget_class changed from H5P_class_t to hid_t.
       Further changes are still necessary and will be documented here as they
       are made.
+    * Improved performance of single, contiguous hyperslabs when reading or
+      writing.
 
 Platforms Tested
 ================
@@ -204,7 +213,12 @@ Platforms Tested
 
 Known Problems
 ==============
-* DLLs do not work on Windows 98 (and probably on NT and 2000 too)
+* DLLs do not work on Windows 98 
+
+* RELEASE DLLs will fail on some tests on Windows 2000 with Microsoft visual 
+  studio 6.0 due to memory allocation problems caused by compiler.  
+  Users are encouraged to go to microsoft site  to find and install
+  visual studio 6.0 service pack 5. After that, release dlls will work.
 
 * The stream-vfd test uses ip port 10007 for testing. If another
   application is already using that port address, the test will hang
@@ -234,12 +248,6 @@ Known Problems
 * SunOS 5.6 with C WorkShop Compilers 4.2:  Hyperslab selections will 
   fail if library is compiled using optimization of any level.
 
-* When building hdf5 tools and applications on windows platform, a linking
-  warning: defaultlib "LIBC" conflicts with use of other libs will appear
-  on debug version when running VC++6.0. This warning doesn't affect
-  building and testing hdf5 applications. We will continue investigating
-  this.
-
 * h5toh4 converter fails two cases (tstr.h5 and tmany.h5) for release dll
   version on windows 2000 and NT. The reason is possibly due to windows
   NT DLL convention on freeing memory. It seems that memory cannot be
@@ -277,14 +285,4 @@ Known Problems
 
   ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/ougoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.4.0-beta/F90_source_for_Crays
 
-* The h4toh5 utility produces images that do not correctly conform
-  to the HDF5 Image and Palette Specification. 
-
-     http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/ImageSpec.html
-
-  Several required HDF5 attributes are omitted, and the dataspace is
-  reversed (i.e., the ht. and width of the image dataset is incorrectly
-  described.)  For more information, please see:
-
-     http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageDetails.htm