[svn-r19456] Purpose:

- Clear out RELEASE.txt in preparation for 1.8.7 development work.
- Create placeholder in HISTORY-1_8.txt for RELEASE.txt from 1.8.6 

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 85 deletions

diff --git a/release_docs/HISTORY-1_8.txt b/release_docs/HISTORY-1_8.txt
index bb286ea..c138b45 100644
--- a/release_docs/HISTORY-1_8.txt
+++ b/release_docs/HISTORY-1_8.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ This file contains development history of HDF5 1.8 branch
 
 [Search on the string '%%%%' for per-release section breaks.]
 
+%%%%1.8.6%%%%   
+
+
+  ===> Copy RELEASE.TXT from 1.8.6 release branch HERE after it is completed!!!
+
+
 %%%%1.8.5%%%%   
 
 
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index a833577..8d32ac3 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@ HDF5 version 1.8.7-snap0 currently under development
 INTRODUCTION
 ============
 
-This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.8.5 and 
-HDF5 1.8.5-*, and contains information on the platforms tested and 
-known problems in HDF5-1.8.5-*. 
+This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.8.6 and 
+HDF5 1.8.7-*, and contains information on the platforms tested and 
+known problems in HDF5-1.8.7-*. 
 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.
 
-Links to the HDF5 1.8.5 source code, documentation, and additional materials
+Links to the HDF5 1.8.7 source code, documentation, and additional materials
 can be found on the HDF5 web page at:
 
      http://www.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf5/
 
-The HDF5 1.8.5 release can be obtained from:
+The HDF5 1.8.7 release can be obtained from:
 
      http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html
 
-User documentation for 1.8.5 can be accessed directly at this location: 
+User documentation for 1.8.7 can be accessed directly at this location: 
 
      http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/
 
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ in 1.8.0?" document:
      http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/WhatsNew180.html
 
 All new and modified APIs are listed in detail in the "HDF5 Software Changes 
-from Release to Release" document, in the section "Release 1.8.5 (current 
-release) versus Release 1.8.3":
+from Release to Release" document, in the section "Release 1.8.7 (current 
+release) versus Release 1.8.6":
 
      http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/Changes.html
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CONTENTS
 
 - New Features
 - Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers
-- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.5
+- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.6
 - Platforms Tested
 - Supported Configuration Features Summary
 - Known Problems
@@ -56,27 +56,11 @@ New Features
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-    - Changed configure default setting to --disable-production (was
-      --enable-production). This affects all unoffical releases such as
-      snapshot releases. It will be set to --enable-production for all
-      official releases.  (AKC  - 2010/05/28)
+    - None
 
     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)
-    - 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)
-    - Improved performance of metadata I/O by changing the default algorithm
-      to perform I/O from all processes (instead of just process 0) when using
-      parallel I/O drivers. (QAK - 2010/07/19)
-    - Improved performance of I/O on datasets with the same shape, but
-      different rank. (QAK - 2010/07/19)
-    - Improved performance of the chunk cache by avoiding unnecessary b-tree
-      lookups of chunks already in cache. (NAF - 2010/06/15) 
+    - None
 
     Parallel Library
     ----------------
@@ -84,14 +68,7 @@ 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)
-      (JKM - 2010/05/25)
+    - None
 
     High-Level APIs
     ---------------
@@ -108,57 +85,19 @@ New Features
 
 Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers
 ===================================================
-    - Sun C and C++ 5.10 and Sun Fortran 95 8.4.
+    - None
 
 
-Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.5
+Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.6
 ==========================
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-    - Removed recognition of the parallel compilers of LAM(hcc) and
-      ChMPIon(cmpicc) since we have no access to these two MPI implementations
-      and cannot verify their correctness. (AKC - 2010/07/14 - Bug 1921)
-    - PHDF5 changed to use "mpiexec", instead of mpirun, as the default MPI
-      applications startup command as defined in the MPI-2 definition, section
-      4.1. (AKC - 2010/06/11 - Bug 1921)
+    - None
 
     Library
     -------
-    - Fixed a bug where the library could generate an assertion/core dump when
-      a file that had been created with H5Pset_libver_bounds(fapl,
-      H5F_LIBVER_LATEST, H5F_LIBVER_LATEST) but didn't have a superblock
-      extension was later reopened.  (QAK - 2010/09/16 - Bug 1968)
-    - 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)
-    - 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 - 2010/09/08) 
-    - 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 - 2010/09/07)
-    - Corrected situation where 1-D chunked dataset could get created by an
-      application without calling H5Pset_chunk().  H5Pset_chunk is now
-      required for creating all chunked datasets.  (QAK - 2010/09/02)
-    - Fixed many memory issues that valgrind exposed.  (QAK - 2010/08/24)
-    - Fixed the bug in the filter's public CAN_APPLY function.  The return
-      value should be htri_t not herr_t (Bug #1239). (SLU - 2010/08/05)
-    - Fixed a bug in the direct I/O driver that could render files with certain
-      kinds of unaligned data unreadable or corrupt them. (NAF - 2010/07/28)
-    - valgrind reported an error of copying data to itself when a new attribute 
-      is written (Bug #1956).  I fixed it by taking out the memcpy step in the
-      attribute code. (SLU - 2010/07/28)
-    - Corrected various issues in the MPI datatype creation code which could
-      cause resource leaks or incorrect behavior (and may improve the
-      performance as well).  (QAK - 2010/07/19)
-    - Fixed a bug that could cause file corruption when using non-default sizes
-      of addresses and/or lengths.  This bug could also cause uncorrupted files
-      with this property to be unreadable.  This bug was introduced in 1.8.5.
-      (NAF - 2010/07/16 - Bug 1951)
+    - None
 
     Parallel Library
     ----------------
@@ -166,14 +105,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.5
 
     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. (JKM 2010/06/28 - Bug 1784)
-
+    - None
 
     F90 API
     ------