-------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe to the hdfnews mailing list, please send your request to ncsalist@ncsa.uiuc.edu with the appropriate command (e.g. subscribe hdfnews, unsubscribe hdfnews, help) in the *body* of the message. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter #57 December 22, 2000 CONTENTS ******************************* . Release of HDF5-1.4-Beta2 * Visit the HDF home page * - New Features and Changes * for up-to-date information * - Platforms Tested * * * http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ * . Release of Java Products Version 2.6 * * ******************************* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Release of HDF5-1.4-Beta2 ========================= The first beta version of HDF5-1.4 is now available (don't let the name fool you). Pre-compiled binaries are not included with this version of the software. You can obtain the HDF5-1.4-Beta2 software from: ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/hdf5-1.4-beta2/ Documentation is included in the source code and can also be found in: ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/docs/ We encourage you to try it and welcome your feedback! New Features and Changes ------------------------ Following is a list of the major new features and changes in HDF5-1.4-Beta2. There are too many changes to list all of them here. For further information on what has changed, refer to the RELEASE file at the top of the HDF5-1.4-Beta2 source code tree. * The Virtual File Layer, VFL, was added to replace the old file drivers. It also provides an API for user defined file drivers. * It includes Fortran 90 support for Solaris 2.6 and 2.7, Linux, DEC Unix, Cray T3E, Cray J90 and SGI Origin 2000. * It includes the h4toh5 tool for converting HDF (4) files into HDF5. This was tested on Solaris 2.5 and 2.6, IRIX 6.5, HP-UX 11.0, DEC Unix, FreeBSD, and Windows 2000. * It includes C++ support for Solaris 2.6 and 2.7, Linux, and FreeBSD. * Numerous performance improvements were made to the library. * The first phase of Thread-Safe support was added. Platforms Tested ---------------- Note: Due to the nature of the bug fixes, only static versions of the library and tools were tested. AIX 4.3.2 (IBM SP) mpcc_r 3.6.6 Cray T3E sn6711 2.0.539b Cray Standard C Version 6.3.0.2 Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.2 FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE gcc 2.95.2 g++ 2.95.2 HP-UX B.10.20 HP C HP92453-01 A.10.32.30 HP-UX B.11.00 HP C HP92453-01 A.11.00.13 IRIX 6.5 MIPSpro cc 7.30 IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32) MIPSpro cc 7.3.1m mpt.1.4.0.2 mpich-1.2.1 Linux 2.2.16-3smp gcc-2.95.2 g++ 2.95.2 pgf90 3.1-3 OSF1 V4.0 DEC-V5.2-040 Digital Fortran 90 V4.1-270 SunOS 5.6 WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0 (Solaris 2.6) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 99/10/25 Fortran 90 2.0 Patch 107356-04 Workshop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0 SunOS 5.7 WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0 (Solaris 2.7) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 99/10/25 Fortran 90 2.0 Patch 107356-04 Workshop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0 TFLOPS 3.3 mpich-1.2.0 with local changes Windows NT4.0, 2000 (NT5.0) MSVC++ 6.0 Release of Java Products Version 2.6 ==================================== Release 2.6 of the Java Products is available (as of December 7th). This release is a bug fix release, built with the HDF 4.1r4 library. For information on the Java HDF (4) Products, please see: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/java-hdf-html/ Changes in this Release ----------------------- * All bugs in our database were fixed. * The Java HDF Interface (JHI) was upgraded and built with the HDF 4.1r4 library. This bug fix release of the library fixes several serious problems with JPEG images, which affected the viewer. * External files are supported. The JHV now uses the environment variable HDFEXTDIR by default, and the user may set the external file path using the preferences dialog. -------------------------------------------------------------- For questions regarding these or other HDF issues, contact: hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu