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@@ -1,35 +1,6 @@
HDF5 version 1.7.59 currently under development
================================================================================
-
-===========================================================================
-WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
-
- ______
- .-" "-.
- / \
- _ | | _
- ( \ |, .-. .-. ,| / )
- > "=._ | )(__/ \__)( | _.=" <
- (_/"=._"=._ |/ /\ \| _.="_.="\_)
- "=._ (_ ^^ _)"_.="
- "=\__|IIIIII|__/="
- _.="| \IIIIII/ |"=._
- _ _.="_.="\ /"=._"=._ _
- ( \_.="_.=" `--------` "=._"=._/ )
- > _.=" "=._ <
- (_/ jgs \_)
-
- This code is currently using interim file format changes that will
-certainly change before the final 1.8.0 release. Please feel free to test
-everything out (in fact, we'd welcome that!), but do _NOT_ keep any of the
-files produced as they will not be readable by later versions of the HDF5
-software. - QAK
-
-WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!
-===========================================================================
-
-
INTRODUCTION
This document describes the differences between HDF5-1.6.* and
@@ -64,6 +35,21 @@ New Features
Configuration:
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+ - Added a --enable-group-revision option to configure, to enable
+ segregating the ongoing work on changing the file format. DO
+ NOT ENABLE THIS OPTION! It is strictly for internal library
+ development!
+
+ .-"""""-.
+ / \
+ .-. | _ _ | .-.
+ (_. '._ | |_\ /_| | _.' ._)
+ '-._'-.(_ A _).-'_.-'
+ '-._| _____ |_.-'
+ jgs _.-'_\`"""""`/_'-._
+ .-.-'_.-' `-----' '-._'-.-.
+ (,_.'` `'._,)
+
- Added a macro hdf5_mpi_special_collective_io_works to filter out
some mpi-io packages that don't support collective IO for no IO
contributions in some processes. -KY 2006/2/16