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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 0fc62f0..a4022be 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -152,12 +152,30 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.17 C++ API ------- - - None + - The macros H5_NO_NAMESPACE is deprecated from the HDF5 C++ API library. + In future releases, the macros H5_NO_STD and OLD_HEADER_FILENAME may + also be removed. + (BMR, 2016/10/27, HDFFV-9532) High-Level APIs: --------------- - - None + + Packet Table APIs: + ------------------ + - The high-level API Packet Table (PT) did not write data correctly when + the datatype is a compound type that has string type as one of the + members. This problem started in 1.8.15, after the fix of HDFFV-9042 + was applied, which caused the Packet Table to use native type to access + the data. It should be up to the application to specify whether the + buffer to be read into memory in the machine’s native architecture. + Thus, the PT is fixed to not use native type but to make a copy of the + user's provided datatype during creation or the packet table's datatype + during opening. If an application wishes to use native type to read the + data, then the application will request that. However, the Packet Table + doesn't provide a way to specify memory datatype in this release. + Please refer to the Known Problems section for a work-around. + (BMR, 2016/10/27, HDFFV-9758) Fortran High-Level APIs: @@ -179,10 +197,10 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. (NASA G-ADA) xlC/xlC_r 10.1.0.5 xlf90/xlf90_r 12.1.0.6 - Linux 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) + Linux 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux compilers: - (platypus) Version 4.4.7 20120313 - Version 4.8.4, Version 5.2.0 + (platypus/mayll) Version 4.4.7 20120313 + Versions 4.8.4, 4.9.3, 5.2.0 PGI C, Fortran, C++ for 64-bit target on x86-64; Version 15.7-0 @@ -191,16 +209,16 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. Version 15.0.3.187 Build 20150407 MPICH 3.1.4 compiled with GCC 4.9.3 - Linux 2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.ppc64 gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) - #1 SMP ppc64 GNU/Linux g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) - (ostrich) GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) + 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) + (ostrich) GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) IBM XL C/C++ V13.1 IBM XL Fortran V15.1 - Linux 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 GNU C (gcc), Fortran (gfortran), C++ (g++) + 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 4.8.3 20140911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-9) - Version 5.2.0 + (kituo/moohan) Version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) + Versions 4.9.3, 5.2.0 Intel(R) C (icc), C++ (icpc), Fortran (icc) compilers: Version 15.0.3.187 Build 20150407 @@ -226,18 +244,22 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. Windows 8.1 x64 Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) - Mac OS X Mt. Lion 10.8.5 Apple clang/clang++ version 5.1 from Xcode 5.1 + Mac OS X Mt. Lion 10.8.5 Apple LLVM version 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.2 (swallow/kite) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3 - Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 Apple clang/clang++ version 6.0 from Xcode 6.2.0 + Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.57) 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2 (wren/quail) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3 - Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Apple clang/clang++ version 6.0 from Xcode 7.0.0 + Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 Apple LLVM version 6.1 (clang-602.0.53) 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2 (osx1010dev/osx1010test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 15.0.3 + Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 clang-703.0.29) + 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.2.0 + (VM osx1011dev/osx1011test) Intel icc/icpc/ifort version 16.0.2 + Tested Configuration Features Summary ===================================== @@ -263,7 +285,7 @@ Windows 8.1 n y/y n y y y Windows 8.1 x64 n y/y n y y y Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y -Mac OS X Yosemeti 10.10.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y +Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit n y/y n y y y AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit n y/n n y y y CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU y y/y y y y y CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel n y/y n y y y @@ -283,7 +305,7 @@ Windows 8.1 y y y y Windows 8.1 x64 y y y y Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 64-bit y n y y Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 64-bit y n y y -Mac OS X Yosemeti 10.10.5 64-bit y n y y +Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 64-bit y n y y AIX 6.1 32- and 64-bit y n n y CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 GNU y y y y CentOS 6.7 Linux 2.6.32 x86_64 Intel y y y y @@ -300,14 +322,10 @@ More Tested Platforms ===================== The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release. - Linux 2.6.18-431.11.2.el6 g95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.94!) + Linux 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6 g95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.94!) #1 SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux (platypus) - Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11 Apple clang/clang++ version 7.0.0 from Xcode 7.0.1 - 64-bit gfortran GNU Fortran (GCC) 5.2.0 - (VM) - Windows 7 Visual Studio 2008 (cmake) Windows 7 x64 Visual Studio 2008 (cmake) @@ -316,34 +334,41 @@ The following platforms are not supported but have been tested for this release. Windows 10 x64 Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) - Debian7.5.0 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux - gcc (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2 - GNU Fortran (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2 + 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 + GNU Fortran (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2 (cmake and autotools) - Fedora20 3.15.3-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux - gcc (GCC) 4.8.3 20140624 (Red Hat 4.8.3-1) - GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.3 20140624 (Red Hat 4.8.3-1) + Fedora24 4.7.2-201.fc24.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621 (Red Hat 6.1.1-3) + GNU Fortran (GCC) 6.1.1 20160621 (Red Hat 6.1.1-3) (cmake and autotools) - SUSE 13.1 3.11.10-17-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux - gcc (SUSE Linux) 4.8.1 - GNU Fortran (SUSE Linux) 4.8.1 + CentOS 7.2 3.10.0-327.28.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) + GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4) (cmake and autotools) - Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-35-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux - gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.9.1-0ubuntu1) 4.9.1 - GNU Fortran (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.9.1-0ubuntu1) 4.9.1 + Ubuntu 16.04 4.4.0-38-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 GNU/Linux + gcc (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0 + GNU Fortran (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2) 5.4.0 (cmake and autotools) - hopper.nersc.gov PrgEnv-gnu/5.2.40 - gcc (GCC) 4.9.2 20141030 (Cray Inc.) - GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.9.2 20141030 (Cray Inc.) - g++ (GCC) 4.9.2 20141030 (Cray Inc.) - Known Problems ============== +* Currently, the Packet Table doesn't provide a way to specify memory datatype + when the packet table is read. To work around this limitation, an + application can use the following approach: + + For the C API of the Packet Table + - call the PT API H5PTget_type to get the datatype of the packet table + - call the C API H5Tget_native_type to get the native type of that datatype + + For the C++ API of the Packet Table + - call the member function PacketTable::GetDatatype to get the datatype + of the packet table + - call the C API H5Tget_native_type to get the native type of that datatype + (BMR, 2016/10/27, HDFFV-9758) + * 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. |