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author | Elena Pourmal <epourmal@hdfgroup.org> | 2013-10-07 01:31:39 (GMT) |
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committer | Elena Pourmal <epourmal@hdfgroup.org> | 2013-10-07 01:31:39 (GMT) |
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[svn-r24259] Maintenance: Updated version number to 1.8.13-snap0; cleaned up RELEASE.txt for new info.
The 1.8 branch is open now for code changes.
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index cffee1b..29b8967 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -HDF5 version 1.8.12-snap20 currently under development +HDF5 version 1.8.13-snap0 currently under development ================================================================================ INTRODUCTION ============ -This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.8.11 and -HDF5-1.8.12-*, and contains information on the platforms tested and -known problems in HDF5-1.8.12-*. +This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.8.12 and +HDF5-1.8.13-*, and contains information on the platforms tested and +known problems in HDF5-1.8.13-*. For more details, see the files HISTORY-1_0-1_8_0_rc3.txt and HISTORY-1_8.txt in the release_docs/ directory of the HDF5 source. @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CONTENTS - New Features - Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers -- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.11 +- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.12 - Supported Platforms - Supported Configuration Features Summary - More Tested Platforms @@ -57,13 +57,7 @@ New Features Configuration ------------- - - New configuration option added to change the default plugin path. - configure option is --with-default-plugin=location - cmake option is -DH5_DEFAULT_PLUGINDIR:PATH=location - HDFFV-8513. (ADB 2013/09/04) - - Rename FFLAGS to FCFLAGS in configure (ADB 2013/08/13) - - CMake can now package a compressed examples file, the default for - Windows binaries from HDF Group. (ADB - 2013/07/22) + - None (XYZ YYYY/MM/DD) Library ------- @@ -75,10 +69,7 @@ New Features Tools ----- - - h5dump: Added option -N --any_path, which searches the file for paths that - match the search path. HDFFV-7989 (ADB - 2013/08/12). - - h5dump: Added optional arg 0 to -A, which excludes attributes from display. - HDFFV-8134 (ADB - 2013/08/01). + - None High-Level APIs --------------- @@ -90,46 +81,23 @@ New Features C++ API ------- - - Added tutorial examples to c++/examples. They can be installed by - "make install-examples" and, in the installed directory, they can be - executed by running the script file run-c++-ex.sh. (BMR - 2013/09/28) - - A new class, H5::H5Location, is added to represent the location concept - in the C library. It is a base class to H5::H5File and H5::H5Ojbect, - whose member functions are moved into H5::H5Location. H5::H5File can - now inherent those functions. As a result, an H5::H5File object can have - an attribute. (BMR - 2013/09/27) - - Added wrappers for H5Rget_obj_type2 to retrieve the type of the object - that an object reference points to. (BMR - 2013/09/27) - H5O_type_t H5Location::getRefObjType(void *ref, H5R_type_t ref_type) - - Added wrappers for H5Aexist to check whether an attribute exists given - a name. (BMR - 2013/09/27) - bool H5::H5Location::attrExists(const char* name) - bool H5::H5Location::attrExists(const H5std_string& name) - - Added a number of overloaded functions for convenience. (BMR - 2013/09/27) + - None Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers =================================================== - None -Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.11 +Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.12 =========================== Configuration ------------- - - Modified H5detect.c to scan floating point types for padding bits before - analyzing the type further. This should fix problems with gcc 4.8 - (NAF - 2013/09/19 - HDFFV-8523/HDFFV-8500) - - HDF5 rpaths are no longer encoded in the library files when configured - with --disable-sharedlib-rpath. (LRK-2013-09-23 - HDFFV-8276) + - None Library ------- - - Added const qualifier to source buffer parameters in H5Dgather and - H5D_scatter_func_t (H5Dscatter callback). (NAF - 2013/7/09) - - - CMake can now creates *.so.{lt_version} files with the same version as - configure. (ADB - 2013/06/05 HDFFV-8437) + - None Parallel Library ---------------- @@ -141,16 +109,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.11 Tools ----- - - h5repack: Added ability to use plugin filters. HDFFV-8345 (ADB - 2013/09/04). - - h5dump: Added option -N --any_path, which searches the file for paths that - match the search path. HDFFV-7989 (ADB - 2013/08/12). - - h5dump: Added optional arg 0 to -A, which excludes attributes from display. - HDFFV-8134 (ADB - 2013/08/01). - - h5dump correctly exports subsetted data to a file, using the --output - option. (ADB - 2013/06/07 HDFFV-8447) - - h5cc and other compile scripts now default to linking shared libraries - when HDF5 is configured with the --disable-static option. - (LRK - 2013-09-23 - HDFFV-8141) + - None F90 API ------- @@ -170,11 +129,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.11 Testing ------- - - test/big sometimes failed with the message of "file selection+offset not - within extent". This has been fixed. (AKC - 2013/09/28 HDFFV-8271). - - tools/h5diff/testh5diff.sh is run in every "make check", even after it - has passed in the previous run. It should not run again if there is no - code changes. Fixed. (AKC - 2013/07/19 HDFFV-8392) + - None Supported Platforms =================== |