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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index a3946a7..3ea01a6 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -HDF5 version 1.9.69-FA_a4 currently under development +HDF5 version 1.9.73-FA_a4 currently under development ================================================================================ @@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ New Features Configuration: ------------- + - 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 - 2010/6/11 - Bug 1921) + - Configure now adds appropriate defines for supporting large (64-bit) + files on all systems, where supported, by default, instead of only linux. + This largefile support is controllable with the --enable-largefile + configure option. This is replacing the linux-specific --enable-linux-lfs + option, which has been removed from configure. + (MAM - 2010/05/05 - 1772/1434) - Upgraded versions of autotools used to generate configuration suite. We now use Automake 1.11.1, Autoconf 2.65, and Libtool 2.2.6b. MAM 2010/04/15. @@ -67,6 +76,8 @@ New Features Library: -------- + - Improved performance of the chunk cache by avoiding unnecessary b-tree + lookups of chunks already in cache. (NAF - 2010/06/15) - Greatly improved performance of extending a dataset with early allocation. (NAF - 2010/03/24 - 1637) - Added support for filtering densely stored groups. Many of the API @@ -127,10 +138,12 @@ New Features C++ Library: ------------ - - Added function CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx to take char* for name. - (BMR - 2010/05/02) - - Added function CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx to return type name as - a char*. + - New member functions + + Overloaded CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx to take char* for name + + Overloaded CommonFG::getObjTypeByIdx to return type name as a char*. + (BMR - 2010/05/02) + + DataSet::getInMemDataSize() to simplify getting the dataset's + data size in memory. (BMR - 2009/07/26) - These member functions were added as wrapper for H5Rdereference to replace the incorrect IdComponent::dereference(). void H5Object::dereference(H5File& h5file, void* ref) @@ -151,9 +164,11 @@ New Features Tools: ------ + - h5ls: Add new flag --follow-symlinks. (refer to --help for details) + (JKM - 2010/05/25) - h5diff: Add new flag --no-dangling-links. (refer to --help for details) (JKM - 2010/02/10) - - h5diff: Add new flag --follow-links. (refer to --help for details) + - h5diff: Add new flag --follow-symlinks. (refer to --help for details) (JKM - 2010/01/25) - h5diff: fix for displaying garbage value on LE machine for BE data. (JKM - 2009/11/20) @@ -217,6 +232,10 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release Library ------- + - Fixed a file corruption bug that could happen when shrinking a + compressed dataset. (NAF - 2010/05/20) + - Fixed some memory leaks in VL datatype conversion when strings are + used as fill values. (MAM - 2010/05/12 - BZ# 1826) - Fixed a bug when copying objects with NULL references with the H5O_COPY_EXPAND_REFERENCE_FLAG flag set. (NAF - 2010/04/08 - 1815) - Files can now be concurrently opened more than once using the core file @@ -411,6 +430,16 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release Tools ----- + - Change h5ls not to manipulate special characters in object name or + attribute name for smart display. bug#1784 (JKM 2010/06/28) + - Fixed h5ls to return exit code 1 (error) when non-existent file is + specified. bug#1793. (JKM 2010/04/27) + - h5copy failed to copy dangling link when the link is specified + directly. bug#1817. (JKM 2010/04/22) + - h5repack lost attributes from a dataset of reference type. bug#1726. + (JKM 2010/3/25) + - h5repack sets NULL for object reference value for group or + named datatype. bug#1814. (JKM 2010/03/19) - h5diff: fixed incorrect behavior (hang) in parallel mode when specify invalid options (ex: -v and -q) (JKM 2010/02/17) - h5dump/h5ls display buffer resize fixed in tools library. @@ -451,6 +480,18 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release High-Level APIs: ------ + - Fixed a bug in H5DSattach_scale, H5DSis_attached and H5DSdetach_scale + caused by using H5Tget_native_type function to determine the native + type for reading REFERENCE_LIST attribute. The bug was exposed + on Mac PPC. + (EIP - 2010/05/22 -1851) + - Fixed a bug in the H5DSdetach_scale function when 0 bytes + were allocated after the last reference to a dim. scale + was removed from the list of references in a VL element of the + DIMENSION_LIST attribute; modified the function to comply + with the Spec: DIMENSION_LIST attribute is deleted now when no + dimension scales left attached. + (EIP - 2010/05/14 -1822) - Fixed a bug where the H5TB API would forget the order of fields when added out of offset order. (NAF - 2009/10/27 - 1582) - H5DSis_attached failed to account for different platform types. Added a @@ -480,6 +521,16 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release C++ APIs -------- + - The constructor PropList::PropList(id) was fixed to act properly + according to the nature of 'id'. When 'id' is a property class id, + a new property list will be created. When 'id' id a property list id, + a copy of the property list will be made. (BMR - 2010/5/9) + - The parameters 'size' and 'bufsize' in CommonFG::getLinkval and + CommonFG::getComment, respectively, now have default values for + user's convenience. (BMR - 2009/10/23) + - NULL pointer accessing was fixed, bugzilla 1061. (BMR - 2009/10/05) + - read/write methods of DataSet and Attribute classes were fixed + to handle string correctly. (BMR - 2009/07/26) - Fixed bug that caused segfaults in Attribute::read. (BMR - 2008/04/20) - Fixed bug in PropList::getClassName to use portable HDfree instead of free. (BMR - 2008/04/20) @@ -541,15 +592,15 @@ Platforms Tested Intel(R) C++ Version 8.1 Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.1 mpich-gm-1.2.5..10-intel-r2 - Windows XP - Visual Studio .NET - Visual Studio 2005 w/ Intel Fortran 9.1 - Cygwin(native gcc compiler and g95) - MinGW(native gcc compiler and g95) - Windows XP x64 - Visual Studio 2005 w/ Intel Fortran 9.1 - Windows Vista - Visual Studio 2005 + + Windows XP Visual Studio 2008 w/ Intel Fortran 10.1 + Cygwin(1.7.5 native gcc compiler and gfortran) + + Windows XP x64 Visual Studio 2008 w/ Intel Fortran 10.1 + + Windows Vista Visual Studio 2008 w/ Intel Fortran 10.1 + + Windows Vista x64 Visual Studio 2008 w/ Intel Fortran 10.1 MAC OS 10.5 (Intel) gcc i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 G95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.91!) Nov 21 2006) @@ -578,7 +629,8 @@ Cray XT3 (not tested for this release) n n n n n n Windows XP n y(3) n(3) y y y Windows XP x64 n y(3) n(3) y y y -Windows Vista n n n y y y +Windows Vista n y(3) n(3) y y y +Windows Vista x64 n y(3) n(3) y y y Mac OS X 10.5 Intel n y n y y y FreeBSD 6.2 32-bit n n n y y y FreeBSD 6.2 64-bit @@ -606,9 +658,10 @@ AIX-5.2 32-bit n n n x n AIX-5.2 64-bit n n n x n Cray XT3 (not tested for this release) n n n x n -Windows XP y y(3) y y y -Windows XP x64 y y(3) y y y -Windows Vista y n n y y +Windows XP y y(3) y y n +Windows XP x64 y y(3) y y n +Windows Vista y y(3) y y n +Windows Vista x64 y y(3) y y n Mac OS X 10.5 Intel y y y x n FreeBSD 6.2 32-bit y y y x n FreeBSD 6.2 64-bit y y y x n @@ -627,7 +680,7 @@ SuSe Linux 2.6.5 Notes: (1) Using mpich 1.2.6. (2) Using mpich2 1.0.6. - (3) Using Visual Studio 2005 or Cygwin + (3) Using Visual Studio 2008 (Cygwin shared libraries are not supported) (4) With PGI and Absoft compilers. (5) AMD Opteron x86_64 Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the preceding |