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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 8a605fb..b4d3774 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -9,28 +9,33 @@ HDF5-1.8.0-beta1, and contains information on the platforms tested and known problems in HDF5-1.8.0-beta1. For more details check the HISTORY.txt file in the HDF5 source. -The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server -(ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu) in the directory: - /HDF/HDF5/docs/ +Links to HDF5 1.8.0-beta* source code, documentation, and additional materials +can be found on THG's development server (www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu) at the +following location: + http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/release/beta/obtain518.html +User documentation for the beta can be accessed directly at this location: + http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/doc/ -The HDF5 1.8.0-beta* documentation can be found on the NCSA web -server http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/release/beta/obtain518.html +New features of the upcoming 1.8.0 release are described in +the "What's New in 1.8.0?" document: + http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/WhatsNew180.html -New features of upcoming 1.8.0 release are described in -the "What is new in 1.8.0?" document at the following URL: -http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/WhatsNew180.html +New and modified APIs are described briefly in + http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/WhatsNew180.html +and will be listed in the "HDF5 Software Changes" document: + http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/doc/ADGuide/Changes.html -New and modified APIs are listed in -http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/doc/ADGuide/Changes.html -For more information look at the HDF5 home page at: + +For more information, see the HDF5 home page: - http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/ + http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/ + +If you have any questions or comments, please send them to the HDF Help Desk: -If you have any questions or comments, please send them to: + help@hdfgroup.org - hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu CONTENTS @@ -283,7 +288,7 @@ New Features If MPI-IO packages at your Linux and Altix support this case, please comment out the last line and report to us at - hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. We can tune in our configuration to + help@hdfgroup.org. We can tune in our configuration to support this. KY - 2006/02/16 @@ -555,6 +560,19 @@ New Features - Added Packet Table API for creating tables with less overhead than H5TB API. Added C++ wrapper for Packet Tables. See documentation. JML - 2004/03/28 + + Documentation + ------------- + - The documentation for this release is largely complete, but + trails the source code. A few of the newer functions are + not yet documented. FMB - 2007/04/18 + - The user documents for this beta can be accessed directly at + this location: + http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/doc/ + The most recent document versions (updated daily) in the + 1.8 development branch can be accessed at this location: + http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_dev_snapshot/H5_dev/ + FMB - 2007/04/18 Support for new platforms, languages and compilers. @@ -632,7 +650,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release If your files have been affected by this bug, or you are concerned that your files might have been, please contact the HDF Helpdesk - at hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu for a tool to detect and repair files + at help@hdfgroup.org for a tool to detect and repair files affected by this problem. QAK - 2006/6/16 - Fixed various problems with retrieving names of objects, especially with mounted files. QAK - 2005/12/25 @@ -926,6 +944,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release Documentation ------------- + F90 APIs -------- - h5pget_driver_f was returning information that could not be @@ -1005,7 +1024,7 @@ Platforms marked with * were not tested for hdf5-1.8.0-beta release Windows 64 Windows 2005 (32-bit only) Intel 9.1 C, C++, Fortran - MAC OS 10.4 (Intel) gcc i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 + MAC OS 10.4 (Intel) gcc i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 G95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.91!) Nov 21 2006) Alpha Open VMS 7.3 @@ -1227,8 +1246,8 @@ Known Problems * Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src subdirectory in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files - from the site: -ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.6.2/F90_source_for_Crays + from this site: + ftp://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.8.0-pre/PATCH/ * Not all platforms behave correctly with szip's shared libraries. Szip is disabled in these cases, and a message is relayed at configure time. Static |