diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'release_docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 275 |
1 files changed, 101 insertions, 174 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 2770f71..e1c1573 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -56,37 +56,38 @@ New Features ============ Configuration - ------------- - - CMake minimum is now 3.2.2. (ADB 2016/01/10) - - + -------------- + - CMake in the Tools - Library - ------- + User-defined filters on Windows require that tools be built + with shared libraries. - - Filter plugin API added to access the table of paths to search for a - library. - (HDFFV-10143 ADB 2017/04/04) + CMake command code added to build tools with + shared libraries as well as with static libraries. + (ADB - 2017/02/07, HDFFV-10123) - Parallel Library - ---------------- - - None - - - Tools - ----- - - None + Library + ------- + - H5PL package - High-Level APIs - --------------- - - None + Users would like to be able to set the plugin path programmatically + instead of through the environment variable. + H5PL package obtained new APIs for manipulating the entries of + the plugin path table. The new APIs are; + H5PLappend - Insert a plugin path at the end of the list. + H5PLprepend - Insert a plugin path at the beginning of the list. + H5PLreplace - Replace the path at the specified index. + H5PLinsert - Insert a plugin path at the specified index, moving + other paths after the index. + H5PLremove - Remove the plugin path at the specifed index and + compacting the list. + H5PLget - Query the plugin path at the specified index. + H5PLsize - Query the size of the current list of plugin paths. - Fortran API - ----------- - - None + (ADB - 2017/04/04, HDFFV-10143) C++ API @@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ New Features Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers =================================================== - + + - Added OpenMPI 2.0.1 compiled with GCC 4.9.3 Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.18 @@ -137,37 +139,78 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.18 Configuration ------------- - - None + - Support for Fortran shared libraries on OS X with autotools now + works. Cmake builds still disables Fortran shared libraries on OS X. + (MSB - 2017/04/30, HDFFV-2772) Library ------- - - Missing #ifdef __cplusplus macros were added to the generated H5Epubgen.h file. + - bitfield datatypes - (HDFFV-9638, DER, 4/25/2017) + bitfield datatypes did not fully support endianness of the data. + Improved the endianness of bitfield datatypes by adding missing functional + code. This code used integer types as a template. - Parallel Library - ---------------- - - None + (ADB - 2017/05/12, HDFFV-10186) + - Compact layout "dirty" flag is not reset properly - Performance - ------------- - - None + Reset the layout "dirty" flag for a compact dataset before flushing + the message. + + (VC - 2017/05/11, HDFFV-10051) + + - Incorporate additional code changes for the H5DOread_chunk patch from GE + Healthcare. + + Incorporate the code changes that were missing from the original patch: + (1) Additional tests in hl/test/test_dset_opt.c + (2) Fix in src/H5Dchunk.c for direct access when an entry is in chunk cache but + not dirty + + (VC - 2017/05/02, HDFFV-9934) + + - Missing #ifdef __cplusplus macros were added to the generated H5Epubgen.h file. + + (DER - 2017/04/25, HDFFV-9638) Tools ----- - - Improved h5diff compare of strings and arrays. + - h5repack + + h5repack did not maintain the creation order flag of the root + group. + + Improved h5repack by reading the creation order and applying the + flag to the new root group. Also added arguments to set the + order and index direction, which applies to the traversing of the + original file, on the command line. + + (ADB - 2017/05/26, HDFFV-8611) + + - h5diff + + h5diff failed to account for strpad type and null terminators + of char strings. Also, h5diff failed to account for string length + differences and would give a different result depending on file + order in the command line. + + Improved h5diff compare of strings and arrays by adding a check for + string lengths and if the strpad was null filled. - (ADB, 2017/05/18, HDFFV-9055, HDFFV-10128) + (ADB - 2017/05/18, HDFFV-9055, HDFFV-10128) + - h5diff - Fortran API - ----------- - - None + h5diff did not report user-defined filter data differences correctly.. + Improved h5diff compare of user-defined filter data by reporting an + error if the user-defined filter plugin cannot be found.. + + (ADB - 2017/01/18, HDFFV-9994) C++ API ------- @@ -177,24 +220,10 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.18 Wrappers of H5A APIs in H5Location are now duplicated in H5Object, the original wrappers in H5Location will be deprecated in future releases. - (BMR, 2017/05/15, HDFFV-10156) - - - High-Level APIs: - --------------- - - Packet Table APIs: - ------------------ - Fortran High-Level APIs: - ------------------------ - - None + (BMR - 2017/05/15, HDFFV-10156) - Testing - ------- - - None - Supported Platforms =================== @@ -204,14 +233,15 @@ 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 4.8.4, 4.9.3, 5.2.0 + Versions 4.9.3, 5.2.0, 6.2.0 PGI C, Fortran, C++ for 64-bit target on x86-64; - Version 15.7-0 + Version 16.10-0 Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc) compilers: - Version 15.0.3.187 Build 20150407 + Version 17.0.0.098 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) @@ -222,10 +252,10 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. Linux 3.10.0-327.10.1.el7 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux compilers: (kituo/moohan) Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) - Versions 4.9.3, 5.2.0 + Versions 4.9.3, 5.3.0, 6.2.0 Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc) compilers: - Version 15.0.3.187 Build 20150407 + Version 17.0.4.196 Build 20170411 MPICH 3.1.4 compiled with GCC 4.9.3 SunOS 5.11 32- and 64-bit Sun C 5.12 SunOS_sparc @@ -235,14 +265,20 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. 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) - Cygwin(CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.2.1(0.289/5/3) gcc(4.9.3) compiler and gfortran) - (cmake and autotools) 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) @@ -328,7 +364,7 @@ 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 - (platypus) + (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 @@ -353,116 +389,7 @@ The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release. Known Problems ============== -* On windows platforms in debug configurations, the VFD flush1 tests will fail - with the split and multi VFD drivers. These tests will display a modal debug - dialog which must be answered or wait for the test timeout to expire. - (ADB - 2014/06/23 - HDFFV-8851) - -* CLANG compiler with the options -fcatch-undefined-behavior and -ftrapv - catches some undefined behavior in the alignment algorithm of the macro DETECT_I - in H5detect.c (Issue 8147). Since the algorithm is trying to detect the alignment - of integers, ideally the flag -fcatch-undefined-behavior shouldn't to be used for - H5detect.c. In the future, we can separate flags for H5detect.c from the rest of - the library. (SLU - 2013/10/16) - -* Make provided by Solaris fails in "make check". Solaris users should use - gmake to build and install the HDF5 software. (AKC - 2013/10/08 - HDFFV-8534) - -* The C++ and FORTRAN bindings are not currently working on FreeBSD with the - native release 8.2 compilers (4.2.1), but are working with gcc 4.6 from the - ports (and probably gcc releases after that). - (QAK - 2012/10/19) - -* The following h5dump test case fails in BG/P machines (and potentially other - machines that use a command script to launch executables): - - h5dump --no-compact-subset -d "AHFINDERDIRECT::ah_centroid_t[0] it=0 tl=0" - tno-subset.h5 - - This is due to the embedded spaces in the dataset name being interpreted - by the command script launcher as meta-characters, thus passing three - arguments to h5dump's -d flag. The command passes if run by hand, just - not via the test script. - (AKC - 2012/05/03) - -* The STDIO VFD does not work on some architectures, possibly due to 32/64 - bit or large file issues. The basic STDIO VFD test is known to fail on - 64-bit SunOS 5.10 on SPARC when built with -m64 and 32-bit OS X/Darwin - 10.7.0. The STDIO VFD test has been disabled while we investigate and - a fix should appear in a future release. - (DER - 2011/10/14 - HDFFV-8235) - -* h5diff can report inconsistent results when comparing datasets of enum type - that contain invalid values. This is due to how enum types are handled in - the library and will be addressed in a future release. - (DER - 2011/10/14 - HDFFV-7527) - -* The links test can fail under the stdio VFD due to some issues with external - links. This will be investigated and fixed in a future release. - (DER - 2011/10/14 - HDFFV-7768) - -* After the shared library support was fixed for some bugs, it was discovered - that "make prefix=XXX install" no longer works for shared libraries. It - still works correctly for static libraries. Therefore, if you want to - install the HDF5 shared libraries in a location such as /usr/local/hdf5, - you need to specify the location via the --prefix option during configure - time. E.g, ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/hdf5 ... - (AKC - 2011/05/07 - HDFFV-7583) - -* The parallel test, t_shapesame, in testpar/, may run for a long time and may - be terminated by the alarm signal. If that happens, one can increase the - alarm seconds (default is 1200 seconds = 20 minutes) by setting the - environment variable, $HDF5_ALARM_SECONDS, to a larger value such as 3600 - (60 minutes). Note that the t_shapesame test may fail in some systems - (see the "While working on the 1.8.6 release..." problem below). If - it does, it will waste more time if $HDF5_ALARM_SECONDS is set - to a larger value. - (AKC - 2011/05/07) - -* Shared Fortran libraries are not quite working on AIX. While they are - generated when --enable-shared is specified, the fortran and hl/fortran - tests fail. the issue. HL and C++ shared libraries should now be - working as intended, however. - (MAM - 2011/04/20) - -* While working on the 1.8.6 release of HDF5, a bug was discovered that can - occur when reading from a dataset in parallel shortly after it has been - written to collectively. The issue was exposed by a new test in the parallel - HDF5 test suite, but had existed before that. We believe the problem lies with - certain MPI implementations and/or file systems. - - We have provided a pure MPI test program, as well as a standalone HDF5 - program, that can be used to determine if this is an issue on your system. - They should be run across multiple nodes with a varying number of processes. - These programs can be found at: - http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/examples/known_problems/ - (NAF - 2011/01/19) - -* All the VFL drivers aren't backward compatible. In H5FDpublic.h, the - structure H5FD_class_t changed in 1.8. There is new parameter added to - get_eoa and set_eoa callback functions. A new callback function - get_type_map was added in. The public function H5FDrealloc was taken - out in 1.8. The problem only happens when users define their own driver - for 1.6 and try to plug in 1.8 library. Because there's only one user - complaining about it, we (Elena, Quincey, and I) decided to leave it as - it is (see bug report #1279). Quincey will make a plan for 1.10. - (SLU - 2010/02/02) - -* The --enable-static-exec configure flag will only statically link libraries - if the static version of that library is present. If only the shared version - of a library exists (i.e., most system libraries on Solaris, AIX, and Mac, - for example, only have shared versions), the flag should still result in a - successful compilation, but note that the installed executables will not be - fully static. Thus, the only guarantee on these systems is that the - executable is statically linked with just the HDF5 library. - (MAM - 2009/11/04) - -* A dataset created or rewritten with a v1.6.3 library or after cannot be read - with the v1.6.2 library or before when the Fletcher32 EDC filter is enabled. - There was a bug in the calculation of the Fletcher32 checksum in the - library before v1.6.3; the checksum value was not consistent between big- - endian and little-endian systems. This bug was fixed in Release 1.6.3. - However, after fixing the bug, the checksum value was no longer the same as - before on little-endian system. Library releases after 1.6.4 can still read - datasets created or rewritten with an HDF5 library of v1.6.2 or before. - (SLU - 2005/06/30) + + 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. |