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<h2>1. Introduction</h2>
- <p>The HDF5 version number is a set of three integer values and
- one lower-case letter written as, for example,
- <code>hdf5-1.2.0a</code>.
+ <p>The HDF5 version number is a set of three integer values
+ written as either <code>hdf5-1.2.3</code> or <code>hdf5 version
+ 1.2 release 3</code>.
<p>The <code>5</code> is part of the library name and will only
change if the entire file format and library are redesigned
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
<p>The <code>1</code> is the <em>major version number</em> and
changes when there is an extensive change to the file format or
- library. Such a change will likely require files to be
+ library API. Such a change will likely require files to be
translated and applications to be modified. This number is not
expected to change frequently.
@@ -29,25 +29,17 @@
library while odd numbers are reserved for developement
versions. See the diagram below for examples.
- <p>The <code>0</code> is the <em>release number</em>. For public
+ <p>The <code>3</code> is the <em>release number</em>. For public
versions of the library, the release number is incremented each
- time a bug(s) is fixed and the fix is made available to the
- public. For development versions, the release number is
- incremented automatically each time a CVS commit occurs anywhere
- in the source tree.
-
- <p>The <code>a</code> is the <em>patch level</em> and is used only
- for public versions. It's incremented only for very minor
- changes that don't affect the usability of the library. For
- instance, fixing spelling errors, changing warning messages, or
- updating documentation.
+ time a bug is fixed and the fix is made available to the public.
+ For development versions, the release number is incremented more
+ often (perhaps almost daily).
<h2>2. Abbreviated Versions</h2>
- <p>It's often convenient to drop the patch level and release
- number when referring to a version of the library, like saying
- version 1.2 of HDF5. The release number and patch level can be
- any value in this case.
+ <p>It's often convenient to drop the release number when referring
+ to a version of the library, like saying version 1.2 of HDF5.
+ The release number can be any value in this case.
<h2>3. Special Versions</h2>
@@ -58,6 +50,9 @@
versions were made available to people outside the core HDF5
development team.
+ <p>Version 1.0.23 was released mid-July as a second alpha
+ version.
+
<p>Version 1.1.0 will be the first official beta release but the
1.1 branch will also serve as a development branch since we're
not concerned about providing bug fixes separate from normal
@@ -95,14 +90,12 @@
<dt><code>H5_VERS_MAJOR</code>
<dt><code>H5_VERS_MINOR</code>
<dt><code>H5_VERS_RELEASE</code>
- <dt><code>H5_VERS_PATCH</code>
<dd>These preprocessor constants are defined in the public
include file and determine the version of the include files.
<br><br>
<dt><code>herr_t H5version (unsigned *<em>majnum</em>, unsigned
- *<em>minnum</em>, unsigned *<em>relnum</em>, unsigned
- *<em>patnum</em>)</code>
+ *<em>minnum</em>, unsigned *<em>relnum</em>)</code>
<dd>This function returns through its arguments the version
numbers for the library to which the application is linked.
@@ -120,8 +113,7 @@
<br><br>
<dt><code>herr_t H5vers_check (unsigned <em>majnum</em>,
- unsigned <em>minnum</em>, unsigned <em>relnum</em>, unsigned
- <em>patnum</em>)</code>
+ unsigned <em>minnum</em>, unsigned <em>relnum</em>)</code>
<dd>This function is called by the <code>H5check()</code> macro
with the include file version constants. The function
compares its arguments to the result returned by
@@ -133,7 +125,7 @@
<address><a href="mailto:matzke@llnl.gov">Robb Matzke</a></address>
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-Last modified: Wed Apr 22 12:19:53 EDT 1998
+Last modified: Mon Jul 20 11:42:20 EDT 1998
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