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@@ -9,28 +9,33 @@ HDF5-1.8.0-beta1, and contains information on the platforms tested and
known problems in HDF5-1.8.0-beta1. For more details check the HISTORY.txt
file in the HDF5 source.
-The HDF5 documentation can be found on the NCSA ftp server
-(ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu) in the directory:
- /HDF/HDF5/docs/
+Links to HDF5 1.8.0-beta* source code, documentation, and additional materials
+can be found on THG's development server (www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu) at the
+following location:
+ http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/release/beta/obtain518.html
+User documentation for the beta can be accessed directly at this location:
+ http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/doc/
-The HDF5 1.8.0-beta* documentation can be found on the NCSA web
-server http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/release/beta/obtain518.html
+New features of the upcoming 1.8.0 release are described in
+the "What's New in 1.8.0?" document:
+ http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/WhatsNew180.html
-New features of upcoming 1.8.0 release are described in
-the "What is new in 1.8.0?" document at the following URL:
-http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/WhatsNew180.html
+New and modified APIs are described briefly in
+ http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/WhatsNew180.html
+and will be listed in the "HDF5 Software Changes" document:
+ http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/doc/ADGuide/Changes.html
-New and modified APIs are listed in
-http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/doc/ADGuide/Changes.html
-For more information look at the HDF5 home page at:
+
+For more information, see the HDF5 home page:
- http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/
+ http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
+
+If you have any questions or comments, please send them to the HDF Help Desk:
-If you have any questions or comments, please send them to:
+ help@hdfgroup.org
- hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu
CONTENTS
@@ -283,7 +288,7 @@ New Features
If MPI-IO packages at your Linux and Altix support this case,
please comment out the last line and report to us at
- hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. We can tune in our configuration to
+ help@hdfgroup.org. We can tune in our configuration to
support this.
KY - 2006/02/16
@@ -555,6 +560,19 @@ New Features
- Added Packet Table API for creating tables with less overhead than
H5TB API. Added C++ wrapper for Packet Tables. See documentation.
JML - 2004/03/28
+
+ Documentation
+ -------------
+ - The documentation for this release is largely complete, but
+ trails the source code. A few of the newer functions are
+ not yet documented. FMB - 2007/04/18
+ - The user documents for this beta can be accessed directly at
+ this location:
+ http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_1.8pre/doc/
+ The most recent document versions (updated daily) in the
+ 1.8 development branch can be accessed at this location:
+ http://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_dev_snapshot/H5_dev/
+ FMB - 2007/04/18
Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
@@ -632,7 +650,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
If your files have been affected by this bug, or you are concerned
that your files might have been, please contact the HDF Helpdesk
- at hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu for a tool to detect and repair files
+ at help@hdfgroup.org for a tool to detect and repair files
affected by this problem. QAK - 2006/6/16
- Fixed various problems with retrieving names of objects, especially
with mounted files. QAK - 2005/12/25
@@ -926,6 +944,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
Documentation
-------------
+
F90 APIs
--------
- h5pget_driver_f was returning information that could not be
@@ -1005,7 +1024,7 @@ Platforms marked with * were not tested for hdf5-1.8.0-beta release
Windows 64 Windows 2005 (32-bit only)
Intel 9.1 C, C++, Fortran
- MAC OS 10.4 (Intel) gcc i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1
+ MAC OS 10.4 (Intel) gcc i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1
G95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.91!) Nov 21 2006)
Alpha Open VMS 7.3
@@ -1227,8 +1246,8 @@ Known Problems
* Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays
replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src
subdirectory in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files
- from the site:
-ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.6.2/F90_source_for_Crays
+ from this site:
+ ftp://www.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.8.0-pre/PATCH/
* Not all platforms behave correctly with szip's shared libraries. Szip is
disabled in these cases, and a message is relayed at configure time. Static