HDF Newsletter 58

February 22, 2001
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CONTENTS

  • Release of HDF5-1.4.0
  • Dropping Support for Solaris x86

  • Release of HDF5-1.4.0

    HDF5-1.4.0 is now available for download.

    You can obtain the HDF5-1.4.0 software from:

       ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/
    
    Documentation is included in the source code and can also be found in:
       ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/docs/
    

    New Features and Changes

    Following is a list of the major new features and changes in HDF5-1.4.0.

    There are too many changes to list all of them here. For further information on what has changed, refer to the RELEASE.txt file at the top of the HDF5-1.4.0 source code tree. This file is also included with the pre-compiled binaries.

    Platforms Tested

      AIX 4.3.3.0 (IBM SP powerpc)  xlc 3.6.6 
                                    mpcc_r 3.6.6
      Cray T3E sn6711 2.0.5.45      Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.0
                                    Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.2
      Cray SV1 sn9605 10.0.0.7      Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.0
                                    Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.2
      FreeBSD 4.2                   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
                                    mpich-1.2.1
      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
                                    mpich-1.2.1
      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
                                    mpich-1.2.1
      SunOS 5.5.1                   gcc-2.7.2
       (Solaris 2.5.1 (x86))
      TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.0            mpich-1.2.1 with local changes
      Windows NT4.0, 2000 (NT5.0)   MSVC++ 6.0
      Windows 98                    MSVC++ 6.0
    

    Dropping Support for Solaris x86

    This will be the last release that we support Solaris x86 for the PC on both HDF 4.x and HDF5.