HDF Newsletter 75

December 11, 2003

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CONTENTS

  • Release of HDF 4.2r0

  • Release of HDF 4.2r0

    We are pleased to announce the release of HDF 4.2r0. It is available for download from the HDF4 home page at:
        http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/hdf4.html
    
    The HDF 4.2r0 documentation is not yet ready but will be available before the new year. You will be able to download it from the following page:
        http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/doc.html
    
    The RELEASE.txt file in the source code contains detailed information about this release:
     ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF/HDF_Current/src/unpacked/release_notes/RELEASE.txt
    

    New Features and Changes

    The major new features and changes in HDF 4.2r0 are:

    Please refer to the RELEASE.txt file in the release_notes/ directory of the source code for more information on the new features and changes in HDF 4.2r0.

    Platforms Tested

      AIX  5.1
      Cray T3E, SV1
      FreeBSD 
      HP-UX  
      IRIX64 (32 and 64 bit)
      Linux 2.4 (RH8, RH9, SuSE, Intel, IA-32, IA-64)
      Mac OS X
      OSF1 
      Solaris 2.7 and 2.8 (32 and 64 bit)
      Windows 
    
    For further information please refer to the following page (or the RELEASE.txt file):
        http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/release4/platforms.html
    

    Known Problems

    Known problems at release time are listed in the RELEASE.txt file that comes with the source code.

    Further information on known problems can be found on the following page:

      http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/release4/known_problems.html