[svn-r19413] Description:

	Bring r19349:19411 from trunk to revise_chunks branch.

Tested on:
        FreeBSD/32 6.3 (duty) in debug mode
        FreeBSD/64 6.3 (liberty) w/C++ & FORTRAN, in debug mode
        Linux/32 2.6 (jam) w/PGI compilers, w/default API=1.8.x,
                w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe, in debug mode
        Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (amani) w/Intel compilers, w/default API=1.6.x,
                w/C++ & FORTRAN, in production mode
        Solaris/32 2.10 (linew) w/deprecated symbols disabled, w/C++ & FORTRAN,
                w/szip filter, w/threadsafe, in production mode
        Linux/PPC 2.6 (heiwa) w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe, in debug mode
        Linux/64-ia64 2.6 (cobalt) w/Intel compilers, w/C++ & FORTRAN,
                in production mode
        Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (abe) w/parallel, w/FORTRAN, in debug mode
        Mac OS X/32 10.6.4 (amazon) in debug mode
        Mac OS X/32 10.6.4 (amazon) w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe,
                in production mode
        Mac OS X/32 10.6.4 (amazon) w/parallel, in debug mode

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index b3a1b6d..f3b9898 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ New Features
 
     Library:
     --------
+    - Added support for threadsafety on windows using the windows threads
+      library. Use the HDF5_ENABLE_THREADSAFE option in CMake while on a 
+      windows platform to enable this functionality. This is supported on 
+      Windows Vista and newer Windows operating systems. (MAM - 2010/09/10)
+    - When a mandatory filter failed to write data chunks, the dataset
+      couldn't close (bug 1260).  The fix releases all resources and closes
+      the dataset but returns a failure. (SLU - 2010/9/8)
     - H5Tset_order and H5Tget_order now support all data types.  A new byte
       order H5T_ORDER_MIXED has been added specifically for compound datatype
       and its derived type.  Please see bug #1934. (SLU - 2010/8/23)
@@ -167,6 +174,10 @@ New Features
 
     Tools:
     ------
+     - h5diff: Add a new flag --exclude-path. Specified path to an object will
+               be excluded from comparing the two files or two groups. If group
+               is specified all the member objects will be excluded.  
+               (JKM - 2010/09/16).
      - h5ls: Add new flag --no-dangling-links. (refer to --help for details)
                (JKM - 2010/06/15) 
      - h5ls: Add new flag --follow-symlinks. (refer to --help for details)
@@ -237,6 +248,15 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release
 
     Library
     -------
+      - Fixed a bug that could occur when getting information for a new-style
+            group that was previously opened through a file handle that was
+            later closed. (NAF - 2010/09/15)
+      - Added define check in H5public.h if stdint.h is supported by the C++
+            compiler. This define is only available on Windows with VS2010 and
+            using CMake to build the library. (ADB - 2010/09/13 - Bug 1938)
+      - H5Eset_current_stack now also closes the error stack to be set as the
+            default.  This is to avoid a potential problem (Bug 1799).
+            (SLU - 2010/9/7)
       - Fixed the bug in the filter's public CAN_APPLY function.  The return
             value should be htri_t not herr_t (Bug #1239). (SLU - 2010/8/5)
       - Fixed a bug in the direct I/O driver that could render files with
@@ -450,6 +470,11 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release
 
     Tools
     -----
+        - Fixed to compare member objects and groups recursively when two 
+          files or groups are specified to be compared. Bug#1975
+          (JKM 2010/9/16)
+        - Make h5repack be able to convert a layout to COMPACT for small size
+          dataset as default.  bug#1896 (JKM 2010/09/15)
         - Change h5ls not to manipulate special characters in object name or 
           attribute name for smart display.  bug#1784 (JKM 2010/06/28)
         - Fixed h5ls to return exit code 1 (error) when non-existent file is