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| author | Allen Byrne <50328838+byrnHDF@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-03-14 13:04:54 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-03-14 13:04:54 (GMT) |
| commit | 65a13a3b73dd403acb0ba15a0666579b906a6fee (patch) | |
| tree | be88087ccbd717aa73adf3742e0a952eb4ec4666 /release_docs | |
| parent | a284d24df43a344394533582a144a065cd21576a (diff) | |
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1.8 Fix release check version logic #1438 (#1495)
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index d28f162..08ea134 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -313,7 +313,23 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.22 Library ------- - - None + - Issue #1436 identified a problem with the H5_VERS_RELEASE check in the + H5check_version function. + + Investigating the original fix, #812, we discovered some inconsistencies + with a new block added to check H5_VERS_RELEASE for incompatibilities. + This new block was not using the new warning text dealing with the + H5_VERS_RELEASE check and would cause the warning to be duplicated. + + By removing the H5_VERS_RELEASE argument in the first check for + H5_VERS_MAJOR and H5_VERS_MINOR, the second check would only check + the H5_VERS_RELEASE for incompatible release versions. This adheres + to the statement that except for the develop branch, all release versions + in a major.minor maintenance branch should be compatible. The prerequisite + is that an application will not use any APIs not present in all release versions. + + (ADB - 2022/03/11, #1438) + Performance |