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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 4742542..d2901ab 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -HDF5 version 1.9.137-FA_a5 currently under development +HDF5 version 1.9.148-FA_a5 currently under development INTRODUCTION @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ New Features Configuration: ------------- + - CMake minimum is now 2.8.10. (ADB 2013/1/14) + - A new tool, cmakehdf5, which is a build command script similar to + buildhdf5 is added and is available in the bin directory. + (AKC - 2012/12/12) - Fixed AIX Fortran compiler flags to use appropriate settings for debugging, profiling, optimization situations. HDFFV-8069. (AKC 2012/09/27) @@ -101,6 +105,9 @@ New Features Library: -------- + - Added new API functions H5Dscatter and H5Dgather to scatter data to and + and gather data from a selection within a memory buffer. + (NAF - 2013/02/05) - The library now supports the data conversion from enumeration to numeric (integer and floating-point number) datatypes. See Issue 8221. (SLU - 2012/10/23) @@ -363,9 +370,9 @@ New Features High-Level APIs: ------ - Table: In version 3.0 of Table, "NROWS" (used to store number of records) was - deprecated (PVN - 2008/11/24) + deprecated (PVN - 2008/11/24) - - Added Fortran wrappers for Dimension Scale APIs. HDFFV-3797 + - Added Fortran wrappers for Dimension Scale APIs. HDFFV-3797 h5dsset_scale_f h5dsattach_scale_f h5dsdetach_scale_f @@ -378,9 +385,15 @@ New Features (EIP for SB - 2011/10/13) - New API: h5ltpath_valid (Fortran: h5ltpath_valid_f) which checks - if a path is correct and determines if a link resolves to a valid - object and checks that the link does not dangle. (MSB- 2012/3/15) - + if a path is correct and determines if a link resolves to a valid + object and checks that the link does not dangle. (MSB- 2012/3/15) + + - A new API function H5DOwrite_chunk. It writes a data chunk directly + into a file bypassing hyperslab selection, data conversion, and + filter pipeline. The user must be careful with the function and + clearly understand the I/O process of the library. + (SLU - 2013/2/11) + Documentation ------------- @@ -737,9 +750,12 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release Tools ----- + - h5diff: Fixed to return correct exit code 1 when detect unique extra + attribute. Prior to this fix, h5diff returned exit code 0 indicating + two files are identical. HDFFV-7643 (JKM 2013/02/15) - h5diff: Improved speed when comparing HDF5 files with lots of - attributes. Much slower performance was identified with release version - from 1.8.7 to 1.8.10 compared to 1.8.6. (JKM 2012/10/19) + attributes. Much slower performance was identified with release + version from 1.8.7 to 1.8.10 compared to 1.8.6. (JKM 2012/10/19) - h5repack: "h5repack -f NONE file1.h5 out.h5" command failed if source file contains chunked dataset and a chunk dim is bigger than the dataset dim. Another issue is that the command changed max dims @@ -967,7 +983,10 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release High-Level APIs: ------ - + - Fixed problem with H5DSget_scale_name including the NULL terminator in + the size calculation returned by the function. The API does not + include the NULL terminator in the size returned (MSB- 2013/2/10) + - Fixed problem with H5TBdelete_record destroying all data following the deletion of a row. (MSB- 2012/7/26) @@ -1051,6 +1070,19 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release in "New Features" section. (BMR - 2008/08/10) + Testing + ------- + - In some Mac system, testlibinfo.sh failed with this error: + Check file ../src/.libs/libhdf5.7.dylib + strings: object: ../src/.libs/libhdf5.7.dylib malformed object \ + (unknown load command 15) + The strings command of Mac inspects library files and older + versions of strings may not know newer library format, resulting + in errors. Fixed by sending the library file as stdin to the strings + coommand to avoid this problem. (AKC - 2013/03/08 HDFFV-8305) + + - Fixed a typo in the ERROR macro in test/testhdf5.h. It segmentation + faulted when used before. (AKC - 2013/02/12 HDFFV-8267) Supported Platforms |