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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 3540c29..e5ac746 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,23 +1,12 @@ HDF5 version 1.8.0-alpha6snap3 currently under development ================================================================================ -=========================================================================== -WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! - -This code is currently using interim file format changes that will -certainly change before the final 1.8.0 release. Please feel free to -test everything out (in fact, we'd welcome that!), but do _NOT_ keep any -of the files produced as they will not be readable by later versions of -the HDF5 software. - -WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! -=========================================================================== INTRODUCTION This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.* and -HDF5-1.8.0-alpha3, and contains information on the platforms tested and -known problems in HDF5-1.8.0-alpha3. For more details check the HISTORY.txt +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 @@ -25,11 +14,11 @@ The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server /HDF/HDF5/docs/ -The HDF5 1.8.0-alpha* documentation can be found on the NCSA web -server http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/release/alpha/obtain518.html +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 upcoming 1.8.0 release are described in -the "What is new in 1.8.0-alpha?" document at the following URL: +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 listed in @@ -945,25 +934,25 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release Platforms Tested ================ -Platforms marked with * were not tested for hdf5-1.8.0-alpha2 release +Platforms marked with * were not tested for hdf5-1.8.0-beta release - AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit) xlc 6.0.0.8 - xlC 6.0.0.9 - xlf 8.1.1.7 + AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit) xlc 8.0.0.11 + xlC 8.0.0.11 + xlf 10.01.0000.0 mpcc_r 6.0.0.8 mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7 - AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit, LLNL frost) xlc 6.0.0.8 +* AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit, LLNL frost) xlc 6.0.0.8 xlC 6.0.0.8 xlf 8.1.1.7 mpcc_r 6.0.0.8 mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7 - AIX 5.3 (32/64 bit) xlc 7.0.0.0 - xlC 7.0. - xlf 9.1.0.3 + AIX 5.3 (32/64 bit) xlc 7.0.0.8 + xlC 7.0.0.8 + xlf 09.01.0000.0007 * Cray X1 water 3.0.35 Cray Standard C Version 5.4.0.7.4 Cray Fortran 5.4.0.7.3 Cray C++ 5.4.0.7.4 - FreeBSD 4.11 gcc 2.95.4 +* FreeBSD 4.11 gcc 2.95.4 g++ 2.95.4 gcc 3.2.3, 3.3.6, 3.4.4, 4.0.0 HP-UX B.11.00 HP C HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 @@ -972,25 +961,22 @@ Platforms marked with * were not tested for hdf5-1.8.0-alpha2 release * HP-UX B.11.23 HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.06.00 HP F90 v2.9.2 HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.06.00 - IRIX64 6.5 (tesla -64) MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m +* IRIX64 6.5 (tesla -64) MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m F90 MIPSpro 7.4.2m C++ MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m - IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32) MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m - F90 MIPSpro 7.3.1.3m (64 only) - C++ MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m + IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32) MIPSpro cc 7.4.4m + F90 MIPSpro 7.4.4m + C++ MIPSpro cc 7.4.4m mpt 1.6 Linux 2.4.21-40 gcc 3.2.3 - PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) - version 6-0.5 - Absoft Fortran compiler v9.0 - Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1 - Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1 - MPIch 1.2.6 - Linux 2.4.21-268-smp x86_64 gcc 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux, AMD) - (mir) PGI 6.0-5 C and F90 (with k3-32) - Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1 - Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1 - Linux 2.4.21-sgi306rp21 Altix + (osage) + Linux 2.6.9 gcc 3.4.6 + (kagiso) PGI 6.2-5 (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) + Intel 9.1 (icc, ifort, icpc) + Linux 2.6.16.27 x86_64 AMD gcc 4.1.0 (SuSE Linux), g++ 4.1.0, g95 (GCC 4.0.3) + (smirom) PGI 6.2-5 (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) + Intel 9.1 (icc, iort, icpc) + Linux 2.6.5-7.252.1-rtgfx #1 SMP ia64 Intel(R) C++ Version 9.0 (cobalt) Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 9.0 SGI MPI @@ -998,19 +984,15 @@ Platforms marked with * were not tested for hdf5-1.8.0-alpha2 release HP Fortran V5.5A-3548 Compaq C++ V6.5-036 MPIX200_64_r13.4 -* OSF1 V5.1 (PSC) Compaq C V6.5-303 - HP Fortran V5.5A-3548 - Compaq C++ V6.5-040 SunOS 5.8 32,46 Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3 (Solaris 2.8) Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 90 Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3 - SunOS 5.9 32,64 Sun C 5.6 2004/07/15 - (Solaris 2.9) Sun Fortran 95 8.0 2004/07/15 - Sun C++ 5.6 2004/07/15 -* SunOS 5.10 Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3 - Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 95 6.2 - Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3 - Patch 111685-13 + SunOS 5.10 i86pc Sun C 5.7 + Sun Fortran 95 8.1 + Sun C++ 5.7 + SunOS 5.10 cc: Sun C 5.8 + (linew) f90: Sun Fortran 95 8.2 + CC: Sun C++ 5.8 Xeon Linux 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp-perfctr-lustre (tungsten) Intel(R) C++ Version 9.0 Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 9.0 @@ -1019,14 +1001,12 @@ Platforms marked with * were not tested for hdf5-1.8.0-alpha2 release Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0 mpich-gm-1.2.5..10-intel-r2 Windows XP MSVC++.NET - MSVC++ 6.0 - Intel 8.1 C++ - Windows 64 Windows 2005 - MAC OS X Darwin 7.5 - gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC - version 1175, based on gcc version 3.3.2 - IBM XL Fortran version 8.1 - Absoft Fortran compiler v8.2 + Intel 9.1 C, C++, Fortran + 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 + G95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.91!) Nov 21 2006) Alpha Open VMS 7.3 @@ -1045,8 +1025,6 @@ Platform C F90 F90 C++ zlib SZIP parallel parallel Solaris2.8 64-bit y y y(1) y y y Solaris2.8 32-bit y y y(1) y y y -Solaris2.9 64-bit y(1) y y(1) y y y -Solaris2.9 32-bit y(1) y y(1) y y y Solaris2.10 64-bit y(1) y n y y y Solaris2.10 32-bit y(1) y n y y y IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y(2) y y y y y @@ -1060,12 +1038,10 @@ Cray XT3 (16) n y n y y n IBM BG/L (15) n n n n y y AIX-5.2 & 5.3 32-bit y y y y y y AIX-5.2 & 5.3 64-bit y y y y y y -WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 n y(9) n y y y WinXP .Net 2003 n y(16) n y(8) y y WinXP 64bit Visual Studio 2005 n n n y n n Cygwin n y n y y y -Mac OS X 10.3 n y(4) n y y y Mac OS X 10.4 PowerPC n n FreeBSD 4.11 n n n y y y RedHat EL3 W (3) y(1) y(10) n y y y @@ -1075,9 +1051,9 @@ SuSe x86_64 gcc (3,12) n y(11) n y y y SuSe x86_64 icc (3,12) n y(13) n y y y Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,6) n y n y y y -Linux 2.4 SuSE ia64 C +Linux 2.6 SuSE ia64 C Intel (3,7) y y y y y y -Linux 2.4 SGI Altix +Linux 2.6 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3) y y y y y y Alpha OpenVMS 7.3.2 n y n y n n @@ -1087,8 +1063,6 @@ Platform Shared Shared Shared static- Thread- STREAM- C libs F90 libs C++ libs exec safe VFD Solaris2.8 64-bit y y n x y y Solaris2.8 32-bit y y y x y y -Solaris2.9 64-bit y y n x y y -Solaris2.9 32-bit y y y x y y Solaris2.10 64-bit y x y y Solaris2.10 32-bit y x y y IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y y n y y y @@ -1102,7 +1076,6 @@ Cray XT3 (16) n y n y IBM BG/L (15) n y n n AIX-5.2 & 5.3 32-bit n n n y n y AIX-5.2 & 5.3 64-bit n n n y n y -WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 y y y dna y n WinXP .Net 2003 y dna y dna y n WinXP 64bit Visual Studio 2005 y dna y dna n n @@ -1148,6 +1121,7 @@ Alpha OpenVMS 7.3.2 n n n y n n Known Problems ============== +* on SUN 5.10 C++ test fails in the "Testing Shared Datatypes with Attributes" test * configuring with --enable-debug=all produces compiler errors on most platforms. Users who want to run HDF5 in debug mode should use --enable-debug rather than --enable-debug=all to enable debugging |