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| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 88 |
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index b0b7bd6..2d9b586 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -36,32 +36,33 @@ New Features Configuration: -------------- - - Prefix default is changed from /usr/local to `pwd`/hdf5. AKC - 2003/07/09 + - Prefix default is changed from /usr/local to `pwd`/hdf5. + AKC - 2003/07/09 Library: -------- - - Changed 'objno' field in H5G_stat_t structure from 'unsigned long[2]' - to 'haddr_t'. QAK - 2003/08/08 - - Changed 'fileno' field in H5G_stat_t structure from 'unsigned long[2]' - to 'unsigned long'. QAK - 2003/08/08 - - Changed 'hobj_ref_t' type from structure with array field to 'haddr_t'. - QAK - 2003/08/08 - - Object references (hobj_ref_t) can now be compared with the 'objno' - field in the H5G_stat_t struct for testing if two objects are the same - within a file. QAK - 2003/08/08 - - Switched over to new error API. SLU - 2003/07/25 + - Changed 'objno' field in H5G_stat_t structure from 'unsigned long[2]' + to 'haddr_t'. QAK - 2003/08/08 + - Changed 'fileno' field in H5G_stat_t structure from 'unsigned long[2]' + to 'unsigned long'. QAK - 2003/08/08 + - Changed 'hobj_ref_t' type from structure with array field to 'haddr_t'. + QAK - 2003/08/08 + - Object references (hobj_ref_t) can now be compared with the 'objno' + field in the H5G_stat_t struct for testing if two objects are the + same within a file. QAK - 2003/08/08 + - Switched over to new error API. SLU - 2003/07/25 Parallel Library: ----------------- Tools: ------ - - Changed output of "OID"s from h5dump from "<number>-<number>" to - "<number". This affects both the "regular" and XML output. - QAK - 2003/08/08 - - Changed output of file IDs and "OID"s from h5ls from - "<number>:<number>:<number>:<number>" to "<number>:<number>" - QAK - 2003/08/08 + - Changed output of "OID"s from h5dump from "<number>-<number>" to + "<number". This affects both the "regular" and XML output. + QAK - 2003/08/08 + - Changed output of file IDs and "OID"s from h5ls from + "<number>:<number>:<number>:<number>" to "<number>:<number>" + QAK - 2003/08/08 Support for new platforms, languages and compilers. @@ -73,36 +74,47 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release Library ------- - - Corrected bugs in H5Gget_num_objs, H5Gget_objname_by_idx and - H5Gget_objtype_by_idx to allow them to accept location IDs, not just - group IDs. QAK - 2003/08/21 - - Corrected bug when using scalar dataspace for memory selection and - operating on chunked dataset. QAK - 2003/08/18 - - Corrected bugs with multiple '/' characters in names for H5Glink - and H5Gunlink. QAK - 2003/08/16 - - Corrected bug with user blocks that didn't allow a user block to - be inserted in front of a file after the file was created. - QAK - 2003/08/13 - - Corrected errors with using point selections to access data in - chunked datasets. QAK - 2003/07/23 - - Corrected error with variable-length datatypes and chunked datasets - caused H5Dwrite to fail sometimes. QAK - 2003/07/19 - - Modified library and file format to support storing indexed storage - (chunked dataset) B-tree's with non-default internal 'K' values. - QAK - 2003/07/15 - - Returned H5T_BKG_TEMP support to library after it was accidentally - removed. QAK - 2003/07/14 + - Corrected bug in variable-length string handling which could + generate a core dump on writing variable-length strings as part + of a compound datatype on certain architectures. QAK - 2003/08/25 + - Corrected bug in H5Tget_native_type which would incorrectly compute + the size of certain compound datatypes and also incorrectly + compute the offset of the last field for those compound datatypes. + QAK - 2003/08/25 + - Corrected bug in H5Tget_native_type which would drop string datatype + metadata (padding, etc.) QAK - 2003/08/25 + - Corrected bugs in H5Gget_num_objs, H5Gget_objname_by_idx and + H5Gget_objtype_by_idx to allow them to accept location IDs, not just + group IDs. QAK - 2003/08/21 + - Corrected bug when using scalar dataspace for memory selection and + operating on chunked dataset. QAK - 2003/08/18 + - Corrected bugs with multiple '/' characters in names for H5Glink + and H5Gunlink. QAK - 2003/08/16 + - Corrected bug with user blocks that didn't allow a user block to + be inserted in front of a file after the file was created. + QAK - 2003/08/13 + - Corrected errors with using point selections to access data in + chunked datasets. QAK - 2003/07/23 + - Corrected error with variable-length datatypes and chunked datasets + caused H5Dwrite to fail sometimes. QAK - 2003/07/19 + - Modified library and file format to support storing indexed storage + (chunked dataset) B-tree's with non-default internal 'K' values. + QAK - 2003/07/15 + - Returned H5T_BKG_TEMP support to library after it was accidentally + removed. QAK - 2003/07/14 Configuration ------------- - - Fixed the error that cause "make install" to fail because of the - macro definition syntax of "prefix?=..." AKC - 2003/07/22 + - Fixed the error that cause "make install" to fail because of the + macro definition syntax of "prefix?=..." AKC - 2003/07/22 Performance ------------- Tools ----- + - Switched away from tools using internal "fixtype" function(s) to use + H5Tget_native_type() internally. QAK - 2003/08/25 Documentation ------------- |