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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 4f443fd..dbf55a9 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -382,6 +382,40 @@ New Features Library: -------- + - Remove HDFS VFD stubs + + The original implementation of the HDFS VFD included non-functional + versions of the following public API calls when the HDFS VFD is + not built as a part of the HDF5 library: + + * H5FD_hdfs_init() + * H5Pget_fapl_hdfs() + * H5Pset_fapl_hdfs() + + They will remain present in HDF5 1.10 and HDF5 1.12 releases + for binary compatibility purposes but have been removed as of 1.14.0. + + Note that this has nothing to do with the real HDFS VFD API calls + that are fully functional when the HDFS VFD is configured and built. + + We simply changed: + + #ifdef LIBHDFS + <real API call> + #else + <useless stub> + #endif + + to: + + #ifdef LIBHDFS + <real API call> + #endif + + Which is how the other optional VFDs are handled. + + (DER - 2020/08/27) + - Add Mirror VFD Use TCP/IP sockets to perform write-only (W/O) file I/O on a remote |