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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 881865b..ff8e0c3 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -HDF5 version 1.9.5 currently under development +HDF5 version 1.9.6 currently under development ================================================================================ @@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ New Features Configuration: ------------- + - Configuration suite now uses Autoconf 2.61, Automake 1.10.1, and + Libtool 2.2.2 (MAM - 2008/05/05) + + - There is a new build command, 'make check-perform', which will + run the tests in the perform directory. This is an optional step + afer 'make check' in the build process. (MAM - 2008/05/12) + + - The new configure option "--disable-sharedlib-rpath" disables + embedding the '-Wl,-rpath' information into executables when + shared libraries are produced, and instead solely relies on the + information in LD_LIBRARY_PATH. (MAM - 2008/05/15) + Library: -------- @@ -56,6 +68,15 @@ New Features Tools: ------ + - h5dump: added 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) + - h5dump: support for external links, display the object that the external link + points to. (PVN - 2008/05/12) + + + High-Level APIs: ------ @@ -74,12 +95,12 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.0 release The searching pattern will depend on whether the target file's pathname is an absolute or a relative path. Please see the description in the RM for H5Lcreate_external(). (VC - 4/8/08) - - Fixed possible file corruption bug when encoding datatype + - Fixed possible file corruption bug when encoding datatype descriptions for compound datatypes whose size was between 256 & 511 bytes and the file was opened with the "use the latest format" property enabled (with H5Pset_libver_bounds). (QAK - 2008/03/13) - - Fixed bug in H5Aget_num_attrs() routine to handle invalid location + - Fixed bug in H5Aget_num_attrs() routine to handle invalid location ID correctly. (QAK - 2008/03/11) |