-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 #85 November 21, 2005 CONTENTS ******************************* . Release of HDF5-1.6.5 * * - New Features and Changes * Visit the HDF home page * - Platforms Tested * for up-to-date information * - Known Problems * * * http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ * * * ******************************* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Release of HDF5-1.6.5 ===================== HDF5-1.6.5 is now available for download from the NCSA HDF5 home page at: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/ The HDF5 documentation is included in the source code and can also be accessed from: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/ This is a fully tested release. The configuration features supported in this release can be viewed at: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/release/SuppConfigFeats.html The RELEASE.txt file in the source code contains detailed information about this release: ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/unpacked/release_docs/RELEASE.txt For information on functions that have changed in HDF5-1.6.5, see: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/ADGuide/Changes.html New Features and Changes ------------------------ The major new features and changes in HDF5-1.6.5 are: o MD5 checksumming has been added to HDF5. Releases will now produce an .md5 file as well as a .tar archive. md5sum can be used to verify the archive with the .md5 checksum. o Mpich2 is now supported. o Added support for: HPUX 11.23 (64-bit, C ONLY), Cray X1, RedStorm, BG/L o Numerous bug fixes. Please refer to the RELEASE.txt file in the source code for a comprehensive list of new features and changes. Platforms Tested ---------------- AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 AMD Opteron Cray X1 FreeBSD HP-UX 11.00, 11.23 IRIX64 v6.5 (-64, -n32) Linux 2.4 Mac OS X OSF1 v5.1 SGI Altix Solaris (-32, -64) Windows Known Problems -------------- Fortran support is not included for Windows XP MSVC++ 6.0 or .NET, due to numerous test and compilation failures. Please refer to the RELEASE.txt file in the source code for a comprehensive list of the known problems at release time. ------------------------------------------------------------- For questions regarding these or other HDF issues, contact: hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu