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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 ------ |