HDF Newsletter #71

February 10, 2003


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CONTENTS


Release of HDF5-1.4.5

HDF5-1.4.5 is now available for download. You can obtain the HDF5-1.4.5 software from the 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


New Features and Changes:

Important changes in HDF5 include:

Many bugs have been fixed in the software, as well. Detailed information regarding changes to the software can be found in the RELEASE.txt that comes with the source code:
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/current/src/unpacked/release_docs/RELEASE.txt


Platforms Tested:

    AIX 5.1  (32 and 64-bit)      C for AIX Compiler, Version 6
                                  xlf 8.1.0.2
                                  poe 3.2.0.11
    Cray T3E sn6606 2.0.6.08      Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.1.3 
                                  Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.0.12 
    Cray SV1 10.0.1. 0            Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.1.3
                                  Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.0.12
    Cray T90IEEE 10.0.1.01u       Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.2.3
                                  Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.3
    FreeBSD 4.7                   gcc 2.95.4
                                  g++ 2.95.5
    HP-UX B.11.00                 HP C  HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 
                                  HP F90 v2.4
    IRIX 6.5                      MIPSpro cc 7.30
    IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32)         MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
                                  F90 MIPSpro 7.3.1.3m (64 only)
    linux 2.4.18                  gcc 3.2.1
                                  g++ 3.2.1
                                  Intel(R) C++ Version 6.0
                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 6.0
                                  PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) version 4.0-2
                                  pgf90  3.2-4
    OSF1 V5.1                     Compaq C V6.4-014
                                  Compaq Fortran X5.4A-1684
                                  gcc version 3.0 for C++
    SunOS 5.7                     WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
     (Solaris 2.7)                WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0 
                                  WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/10/25 
                                  FORTRAN 90 2.0 Patch 107356-04 
    SunOS 5.8/32                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C 5.2 2000/09/11
     (Solaris 2.8)                Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 Fortran 95 6.1 
                                          Patch 109503-07 2001/08/11
                                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C++ 5.2 Patch
                                        109508-04 2001/07/11
    SunOS 5.8/64                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C 5.2 2000/09/11
     (Solaris 2.8)                Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 Fortran 95 6.1 
                                          Patch 109503-07 2001/08/11
                                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C++ 5.2 Patch
                                        109508-04 2001/07/11
    TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.3.3 i386     pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.4 with
                                          local modifications
    IA-32 linux 2.4.9             gcc 2.96
                                  Intel(R) C++ Version 7.0
                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.0
                                  
    IA-64 linux 2.4.16 ia64       gcc version 2.96 20000731
                                  Intel(R) C++ Version 7.0
                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.0
    Windows 2000 (NT5.0)          MSVC++ 6.0
                                  DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
    Windows XP                    .NET
    Windows NT4.0                 Code Warrior 6.0
    MAC OS X                      Darwin 6.2
                                  gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC 
                                  version 1161, based on gcc version 3.1


Release of HDF5 High Level APIs

The latest release of the HDF5 High Level APIs, which was tested using HDF5-1.4.5, is now available from:
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/hdf5_hl/

This is the first release of the HDF5 High Level APIs for which pre-compiled binaries are provided.

The HDF5 High Level APIs are a set of functions built on top of the basic HDF5 library which define simple interfaces for some common operations and uses.

The HDF5 HL library includes:

The HDF5 HL library requires the HDF5 library.


Release of HDF Java Products 1.2

The latest official release of the HDF Java Products built with HDF5-1.4.5 is now available. It can be downloaded from:
http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/hdf-java-html/

Several new features have been added to HDFView with this release, including the ability to configure it with HDF4, HDF5, or both. It can also convert HDF4/HDF5 images to and from JPEG now. For a list of the new features in HDFView see the HDFView page at: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/hdf-java-html/hdfview/