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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 38b0637..ef41401 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,12 +1,11 @@ -HDF5 version 1.6.8-pre1 currently under development +HDF5 version 1.6.8-pre1 released on Mon Nov 3 16:27:51 CST 2008 ================================================================================ INTRODUCTION ============ -This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.7 and -HDF5-1.6.7-snap*. +This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.7 and HDF5-1.6.8. It contains information on the platforms tested and known problems in -HDF5-1.6.7-snap*. For more details, check the HISTORY.txt file in the HDF5 source. +HDF5-1.6.8. For more details, check the HISTORY.txt file in the HDF5 source. HDF5 documentation can be found in the distributed release source code in the subdirectory doc/html/ or on the THG (The HDF Group) FTP server: @@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ New Features - Added support for $(DESTDIR) to the install feature. AKC - 2008/10/13. - Added version compatibility macros for functions changed in 1.8. For example, H5Gcreate1 will work the same in both 1.6 and 1.8. - (NAF - 2008/10/11) + NAF - 2008/10/11 Parallel Library: ----------------- @@ -68,17 +67,21 @@ New Features similar to h5dump, adding also long switch names. PVN - 2008/2/13 - h5repack now supports adding multiple filters to all objects. PVN - 2008/2/13 - - h5import imports string (text) data. PVN - 2008/2/19 - - h5dump: add a printing of the compression ratio of uncompressed and compressed - sizes for cases where compression filters are present. (PVN - 2008/05/01) - - h5dump: added an option to allow a user defined formatting string for printf - regarding floating point numbers. (PVN - 2008/05/06) - - h5repack: add a userblock to an HDF5 file during the repack. (PVN - 2008/08/26) - - h5repack: copy userblock from HDF5 file during the repack. (PVN - 2008/08/26) - - h5diff: return 1 for file differences when both file graphs differ by any object. - Error return code was changed to 2 from -1. (PVN - 2008/10/30) + - h5import imports string (text) data. PVN - 2008/2/19 + - h5dump: add a printing of the compression ratio of uncompressed and + compressed sizes for cases where compression filters are present. + PVN - 2008/05/01 + - h5dump: added an option to allow a user defined formatting string for + printf regarding floating point numbers. PVN - 2008/05/06 + - h5repack: add a userblock to an HDF5 file during the repack. + PVN - 2008/08/26 + - h5repack: copy userblock from HDF5 file during the repack. + PVN - 2008/08/26 + - h5diff: return 1 for file differences when both file graphs differ by + any object. Error return code was changed to 2 from -1. + PVN - 2008/10/30 - h5import: TEXTFPE (scientific format) was deprecated. Use TEXTFP - instead (PVN - 2008/10/30) + instead. PVN - 2008/10/30 @@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ New Features Group(H5Object& obj, void* ref); Group(H5File& obj, void* ref); Group(Attribute& attr, void* ref); - (BMR - 2008/08/10) + BMR - 2008/08/10 Support for New Platforms, Languages and Compilers @@ -118,8 +121,9 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.7 Release Library ------- - Changed the return value of H5Fget_obj_count from INT to SSIZE_T. Also - changed the return value of H5Fget_obj_ids from HERR_T to SSIZE_T and - the type of the parameter MAX_OBJS from INT to SIZE_T. (SLU - 2008/09/26) + changed the return value of H5Fget_obj_ids from HERR_T to SSIZE_T and + the type of the parameter MAX_OBJS from INT to SIZE_T. + SLU - 2008/09/26 Configuration ------------- @@ -141,24 +145,22 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.7 Release Tools ----- - - h5import bug on Windows w/binary datasets. fread in windows needs a binary file - to be open with 'rb' instead of 'r' otherwise it terminates execution if an end - of file character is found on the input file. Besides that the binary file - generated needs to be open with 'wb', otherwise an end of line character is - read twice. PVN - 2008/2/19 - - Fixed h5diff regarding the display of NaN (Not a Number) values. PVN 2008/03/04 - - Fixed h5dump regarding the display of array indices and block selections in - subsetting. PVN 2008/03/10 - - Fixed bug in h5dump that caused binary output to be made only for the first - dataset, when several datasets were requested. PVN - 2008/04/07 + - h5import bug on Windows w/binary datasets. fread in windows needs a + binary file to be open with 'rb' instead of 'r' otherwise it terminates + execution if an end of file character is found on the input file. + Besides that the binary file generated needs to be open with 'wb', + otherwise an end of line character is read twice. PVN - 2008/2/19 + - Fixed h5diff regarding the display of NaN (Not a Number) values. + PVN - 2008/03/04 + - Fixed h5dump regarding the display of array indices and block + selections in subsetting. PVN - 2008/03/10 + - Fixed bug in h5dump that caused binary output to be made only for + the first dataset, when several datasets were requested. + PVN - 2008/04/07 - h5dump: when doing binary output (-b), the stdout printing of attributes was done incorrectly. Removed printing of attributes when doing binary output. PVN - 2008/06/05 - - - - Documentation ------------- None @@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.7 Release H5File, Group, and PropList. (BMR - 2008/08/10) - IdComponent::dereference was incorrect and replaced as described in "New Features" section. - (BMR - 2008/08/10) + BMR - 2008/08/10 Documentation @@ -210,10 +212,6 @@ Documentation Platforms Tested ================ - AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit) xlc 8.0.0.11 - (datastar) xlC 8.0 - xlf 10.01.0000.0002 - FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386 gcc 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] 20060305 (duty) g++ 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] 20060305 gcc 4.2.5 20080702 (prerelease) @@ -313,7 +311,7 @@ WinXP 2005 n y n y y y WinXP .Net n y n y y y WinVista 2005 n n n y y y Mac OS X 10.4.10 n y n y y y -AIX-5.2 & 5.3 32- and 64-bit y y y y y y +AIX 5.3 32- and 64-bit y y y y y y FreeBSD 6.2 32- and 64-bit n n n y y y RedHat EL4 2.6.9-42 i686 GNU (1) W y y y y y y RedHat EL4 2.6.9-42 i686 Intel W n y n y y n @@ -337,7 +335,7 @@ WinXP 2005 y n n WinXP .Net y n n WinVista 2005 y n n Mac OS X 10.4.10 y n n -AIX-5.2 & 5.3 32- and 64-bit n n n +AIX 5.3 32- and 64-bit n n n FreeBSD 6.2 32- and 64-bit y n n RedHat EL4 2.6.9-42 i686 GNU (1) W y n y RedHat EL4 2.6.9-42 i686 Intel W y n n @@ -440,11 +438,6 @@ Known Problems after 1.6.4 can still read datasets created or rewritten with an HDF5 library of v1.6.2 or before. SLU - 2005/7/8 -* For version 6 (6.02 and 6.04) of the Portland Group compiler on AMD Opteron - processor, there's a bug in the compiler for optimization(-O2). The library - failed in several tests, all related to the multi driver. The problem has - been reported to the vendor. - * test/big fails sometimes with the message "Possible overlap with another region." The test selects regions randomly, and this error occurs when two regions overlap each other; it is a bug in the test and not in @@ -505,60 +498,4 @@ Known Problems All other tests have passed. -* On at least one system, SDSC DataStar, the scheduler (in this case - LoadLeveler) sends job status updates to standard error when you run - any executable that was compiled with the parallel compilers. - - This causes problems when running "make check" on parallel builds, as - many of the tool tests function by saving the output from test runs, - and comparing it to an exemplar. - - The best solution is to reconfigure the target system so it no longer - inserts the extra text. However, this may not be practical. - - In such cases, one solution is to "setenv HDF5_Make_Ignore yes" prior to - the configure and build. This will cause "make check" to continue after - detecting errors in the tool tests. However, in the case of SDSC DataStar, - it also leaves you with some 150 "failed" tests to examine by hand. - - A second solution is to write a script to run serial tests and filter - out the text added by the scheduler. A sample script used on SDSC - DataStar is given below, but you will probably have to customize it - for your installation. - - Observe that the basic idea is to insert the script as the first item - on the command line which executes the test. The script then - executes the test and filters out the offending text before passing - it on. - - #!/bin/csh - - set STDOUT_FILE=~/bin/serial_filter.stdout - set STDERR_FILE=~/bin/serial_filter.stderr - - rm -f $STDOUT_FILE $STDERR_FILE - - ($* > $STDOUT_FILE) >& $STDERR_FILE - - set RETURN_VALUE=$status - - cat $STDOUT_FILE - - tail +3 $STDERR_FILE - - exit $RETURN_VALUE - - You get the HDF5 make files and test scripts to execute your filter script - by setting the environment variable "RUNSERIAL" to the full path of the - script prior to running configure for parallel builds. Remember to - "unsetenv RUNSERIAL" before running configure for a serial build. - - Note that the RUNSERIAL environment variable exists so that we can - prefix serial runs as necessary on the target system. On DataStar, - no prefix is necessary. However, on an MPICH system, the prefix might - have to be set to something like "/usr/local/mpi/bin/mpirun -np 1" to - get the serial tests to run at all. - - In such cases, you will have to include the regular prefix in your - filter script. JM - 2004/9/15 |