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diff --git a/release_docs/HISTORY-1_8.txt b/release_docs/HISTORY-1_8.txt index a7aad02..2aa7bde 100644 --- a/release_docs/HISTORY-1_8.txt +++ b/release_docs/HISTORY-1_8.txt @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ HDF5 History This file contains development history of HDF5 1.8 branch -21. Release Information for hdff5-1.8.19 +22. Release Information for hdf5-1.8.20 +21. Release Information for hdf5-1.8.19 20. Release Information for hdf5-1.8.18 19. Release Information for hdf5-1.8.17 18. Release Information for hdf5-1.8.16 @@ -27,6 +28,498 @@ This file contains development history of HDF5 1.8 branch [Search on the string '%%%%' for section breaks of each release.] +%%%%1.8.20%%%% + + +HDF5 version 1.8.20 released on 2017-11-28 +================================================================================ + +INTRODUCTION +============ + +This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.8.19 and +HDF5-1.8.20, and contains information on the platforms tested and +known problems in HDF5-1.8.20. +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 1.8.20 source code, documentation, and additional materials +can be found on the HDF5 web page at: + + https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/ + +The HDF5 1.8.20 release can be obtained from: + + https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain518.html + +User documentation for 1.8.20 can be accessed directly at this location: + + https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc1.8/ + +New features in the HDF5-1.8.x release series, including brief general +descriptions of some new and modified APIs, are described in the "What's New +in 1.8.0?" document: + + https://support.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 1.8.20 (current +release) versus Release 1.8.19 + + https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc1.8/ADGuide/Changes.html + +If you have any questions or comments, please send them to the HDF Help Desk: + + help@hdfgroup.org + + +CONTENTS +======== + +- New Features +- Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers +- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.20 +- Supported Platforms +- Supported Configuration Features Summary +- More Tested Platforms +- Known Problems + + +New Features +============ + + Tools + ----- + - h5diff + + h5diff has new option enable-error-stack. + + Updated h5diff with the --enable-error-stack argument, which + enables the display of the hdf5 error stack. This completes the + improvement to the main tools; h5copy, h5diff, h5dump, h5ls and + h5repack. + + (ADB - 2017/08/30, HDFFV-9774) + + + C++ API + ------- + - The following C++ API wrappers have been added to the C++ Library: + + // Creates a binary object description of this datatype. + void DataType::encode() - C API H5Tencode() + + // Returns the decoded type from the binary object description. + DataType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + ArrayType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + CompType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + DataType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + EnumType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + FloatType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + IntType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + StrType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + VarLenType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + + // Three overloaded functions to retrieve information about an object + H5Location::getObjectInfo() - H5Oget_info()/H5Oget_info_by_name() + + (BMR - 2017/10/17, HDFFV-10175) + + - New constructors to open existing datatypes added in ArrayType, + CompType, DataType, EnumType, FloatType, IntType, StrType, and + VarLenType. + + (BMR - 2017/10/17, HDFFV-10175) + + - A document is added to the HDF5 C++ API Reference Manual to show the + mapping from a C API to C++ wrappers. It can be found from the main + page of the C++ API Reference Manual. + + (BMR - 2017/10/17, HDFFV-10151) + + + High-Level APIs + --------------- + - H5DOread_chunk + + Users wanted to read compressed data directly from a file without any + processing by the HDF5 data transfer pipeline, just as they were able + to write it directly to a file with H5DOwrite_chunk. + + New API function, corresponding to existing function H5DOwrite_chunk. + H5DOread_chunk reads a raw data chunk directly from a chunked dataset + in the file into the application buffer, bypassing the library’s internal + data transfer pipeline, including filters. + + (VC - 2017/05/02, HDFFV-9934) + + +Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers +=================================================== + + - Added NAG compiler + + +Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.19 +=========================== + + Configuration + ------------- + - cmake + + The hdf5 library used shared szip and zlib, which needlessly required + applications to link with the same szip and zlib libraries. + + Changed the target_link_libraries commands to use the static libs. + Removed improper link duplication of szip and zlib. + Adjusted the link dependencies and the link interface values of + the target_link_libraries commands. + + (ADB - 2017/11/14, HDFFV-10329) + + - cmake MPI + + CMake implementation for MPI was problematic and would create incorrect + MPI library references in the hdf5 libraries. + + Reworked the CMake MPI code to properly create CMake targets.Also merged + the latest CMake FindMPI.cmake changes to the local copy. This is necessary + until HDF changes the CMake minimum to 3.9 or greater. + + (ADB - 2017/11/02, HDFFV-10321) + + + - Fixed Fortran linker flags when using the NAG Fortran compiler (autotools). + + (HDFFV-10037, MSB, 2017/10/21) + + - cmake + + Too many commands for POST_BUILD step caused command line to be + too big on windows. + + Changed foreach of copy command to use a custom command with the + use of the HDFTEST_COPY_FILE macro. + + (ADB - 2017/07/12, HDFFV-10254) + + + Library + ------- + - filter plugin handling in H5PL.c and H5Z.c + + It was discovered that the dynamic loading process used by + filter plugins had issues with library dependencies. + + CMake build process changed to use LINK INTERFACE keywords, which + allowed HDF5 C library to make dependent libraries private. The + filter plugin libraries no longer require dependent libraries + (such as szip or zlib) to be available. + (ADB - 2017/11/16, HDFFV-10328) + + - Fix rare object header corruption bug + + In certain cases, such as when converting large attributes to dense + storage, an error could occur which would either fail an assertion or + cause file corruption. Fixed and added test. + + (NAF - 2017/11/14, HDFFV-10274) + + - H5Zfilter_avail in H5Z.c + + The public function checked for plugins, while the private + function did not. + + Modified H5Zfilter_avail and private function, H5Z_filter_avail. + Moved check for plugin from public to private function. Updated + H5P__set_filter due to change in H5Z_filter_avail. Updated tests. + + (ADB - 2017/10/10, HDFFV-10297, HDFFV-10319) + + - Fix H5Sencode bug when num points selected is >2^32 + + Modified to fail if the 32 bit limit is exceeded when encoding either + offsets or counts in the selection. + + (HDFFV-10323, VC, 2017/09/07) + + - Fix H5HL_offset_into() + + (1) Fix H5HL_offset_into() to return error when offset exceeds heap data + block size. + (2) Fix other places in the library that call this routine to detect + error routine. + + (HDFFV-10216, VC, 2017/09/05) + + + Tools + ----- + - h5repack + + h5repack failed to copy a dataset with existing filter. + + Reworked code for h5repack and h5diff code in tools library. Added + improved error handling, cleanup of resources and checks of calls. + Modified H5Zfilter_avail and private function, H5Z_filter_avail. + Moved check for plugin from public to private function. Updated + H5P__set_filter due to change in H5Z_filter_avail. Updated tests. + Note, h5repack output display has changed to clarify the individual + steps of the repack process. The output indicates if an operation + applies to all objects. Lines with notation and no information + have been removed. + + (ADB - 2017/10/10, HDFFV-10297, HDFFV-10319) + + - h5repack + + h5repack always set the User Defined filter flag to H5Z_FLAG_MANDATORY. + + Added another parameter to the 'UD=' option to set the flag by default + to '0' or H5Z_FLAG_MANDATORY, the other choice is '1' or H5Z_FLAG_OPTIONAL. + + (ADB - 2017/08/31, HDFFV-10269) + + - h5ls + + h5ls generated error on stack when it encountered a H5S_NULL + dataspace. + + Adding checks for H5S_NULL before calling H5Sis_simple (located + in the h5tools_dump_mem function) fixed the issue. + + (ADB - 2017/08/17, HDFFV-10188) + + - h5dump + + h5dump segfaulted on output of XML file. + + Function that escape'd strings used the full buffer length + instead of just the length of the replacement string in a + strncpy call. Using the correct length fixed the issue. + + (ADB - 2017/08/01, HDFFV-10256) + + - h5diff + + h5diff segfaulted on compare of a NULL variable length string. + + Improved h5diff compare of strings by adding a check for + NULL strings and setting the lengths to zero. + + (ADB - 2017/07/25, HDFFV-10246) + + - h5import + + h5import crashed trying to import data from a subset of a dataset. + + Improved h5import by adding the SUBSET keyword. h5import understands + to use the Count times the Block as the size of the dimensions. + Added INPUT_B_ORDER keyword to old-style configuration files. + The import from h5dump function expects the binary files to use native + types (FILE '-b' option) in the binary file. + + (ADB - 2017/06/15, HDFFV-10219) + + + C++ API + ------- + - Marked the following functions deprecated because they were moved to + class H5Object: + H5Location::createAttribute() + H5Location::openAttribute() + H5Location::attrExists() + H5Location::removeAttr() + H5Location::renameAttr() + H5Location::getNumAttrs() + + (BMR - 2017/10/17) + + +Supported Platforms +=================== +The following platforms are supported and have been tested for this release. +They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. + + Linux 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) + #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux compilers: + (platypus/mayll) Version 4.4.7 20120313 + Versions 4.9.3, 5.3.0, 6.2.0 + PGI C, Fortran, C++ for 64-bit target on + x86-64; + Version 16.10-0 + Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc) + compilers: + Version 17.0.0.196 Build 20160721 + MPICH 3.1.4 compiled with GCC 4.9.3 + OpenMPI 2.0.1 compiled with GCC 4.9.3 + + Linux 2.6.32-573.18.1.el6 gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) + #1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) + (ostrich) GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) + IBM XL C/C++ V13.1 + IBM XL Fortran V15.1 + + Linux 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) + #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux compilers: + (kituo/moohan/jelly Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) + Versions 4.9.3, 5.3.0, 6.2.0 + Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc) + compilers: + Version 17.0.4.196 Build 20170411 + MPICH 3.1.4 compiled with GCC 4.9.3 + NAG Fortran Compiler Release 6.1(Tozai) Build 6116 + + SunOS 5.11 32- and 64-bit Sun C 5.12 SunOS_sparc + (emu) Sun Fortran 95 8.6 SunOS_sparc + Sun C++ 5.12 SunOS_sparc + + Windows 7 Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) + Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) + Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) + + Windows 7 x64 Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) + Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) + Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) + Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel C, Fortran 2017 (cmake) + Visual Studio 2015 w/ MSMPI 8 (cmake) + Cygwin(CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.8.0(0.309/5/3) + gcc and gfortran compilers (GCC 5.4.0) + (cmake and autotools) + + Windows 10 Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) + Cygwin(CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.8.0(0.309/5/3) + gcc and gfortran compilers (GCC 5.4.0) + (cmake and autotools) + + Windows 10 x64 Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) + + Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.57) + 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2 + (wren/quail) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3 + + Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Apple LLVM version 6.1 (clang-602.0.53) + 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2 + (osx1010dev/osx1010test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3 + + Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.29) + 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.2.0 + (VM osx1011dev/osx1011test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 16.0.2 + + Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Apple LLVM version 8.1 (clang-802.0.42) + 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 7.1.0 + (kite) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 17.0.2 + +Tested Configuration Features Summary +===================================== + + In the tables below + y = tested + n = not tested in this release + C = Cluster + W = Workstation + x = not working in this release + dna = does not apply + ( ) = footnote appears below second table + <blank> = testing incomplete on this feature or platform + +Platform C F90/ F90 C++ zlib SZIP + parallel F2003 parallel +SunOS 5.11 32-bit n y/y n y y y +SunOS 5.11 64-bit n y/y n y y y +Windows 7 y y/y n y y y +Windows 7 x64 y y/y n y y y +Windows 7 Cygwin n y/n n y y y +Windows 7 x64 Cygwin n y/n n y y y +Windows 10 y y/y n y y y +Windows 10 x64 y y/y n y y y +Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y +Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y +Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 64-bit n y/y n y y y +Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 64-bit n y/y n y y y +AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit n y/n n y y y +CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU y y/y y y y y +CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel n y/y n y y y +CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 PGI n y/y n y y y +CentOS 7.1 Linux 3.10.0 x86_64 GNU y y/y y y y y +CentOS 7.1 Linux 3.10.0 x86_64 Intel n y/y n y y y +Linux 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.ppc64 n y/n n y y y + +Platform Shared Shared Shared Thread- + C libs F90 libs C++ libs safe +SunOS 5.11 32-bit y y y y +SunOS 5.11 64-bit y y y y +Windows 7 y y y y +Windows 7 x64 y y y y +Windows 7 Cygwin n n n y +Windows 7 x64 Cygwin n n n y +Windows 10 y y y y +Windows 10 x64 y y y y +Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit y n y y +Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit y n y y +Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 64-bit y n y y +Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 64-bit y n y y +AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit y n n y +CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU y y y y +CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel y y y y +CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 PGI y y y y +CentOS 7.1 Linux 3.10.0 x86_64 GNU y y y y +CentOS 7.1 Linux 3.10.0 x86_64 Intel y y y y +Linux 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.ppc64 y y y y + +Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the preceding +"Supported Platforms" table. + + +More Tested Platforms +===================== +The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release. + + Linux 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6 g95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.94!) + #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux + (mayll) + + Debian8.4.0 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2 + GNU Fortran (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2 + (cmake and autotools) + + Fedora24 4.7.2-201.fc24.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621 (Red Hat 6.1.1-3) + GNU Fortran (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621 (Red Hat 6.1.1-3) + (cmake and autotools) + + CentOS 7.2 3.10.0-327.28.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) + GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) + (cmake and autotools) + + Ubuntu 16.04 4.4.0-38-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0 + GNU Fortran (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0 + (cmake and autotools) + + +Known Problems +============== + + The dynamically loaded plugin test libraries require undefined references + to HDF5 functions to be resolved at runtime in order to function properly. + With autotools on CYGWIN this results in build errors, and we have not + found a solution that satisfies both. Therefore the dynamically loaded + plugin tests have been disabled on CYGWIN. + + Mac OS X 10.13 added additional subdirectory structure in .libs for shared + libraries. Consequently "make check" will fail testing java and dynamically + loaded plugin test libraries attempting to copy files from the previous + locations in .libs directories. This will be addressed in the next release + when support for the Mac OS X 10.13 platform is added. + + Known problems in previous releases can be found in the HISTORY*.txt files + in the HDF5 source. Please report any new problems found to + help@hdfgroup.org. + + %%%%1.8.19%%%% |