Newsletter #96


Release of HDF 4.2r2

We are pleased to announce the release of HDF 4.2r2. It can be downloaded from the following location:

    https://support.hdfgroup.org/release4/obtain.html

The HDF 4 web page is located at:

    https://support.hdfgroup.org/products/hdf4/index.html

The documentation for HDF 4.2r2 can be obtained from:

    https://support.hdfgroup.org/release4/doc.html

The RELEASE.txt file in the source code contains detailed information about this release:

    ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF/HDF_Current/src/RELEASE-4.2r2.txt


New Features and Changes

Please refer to the RELEASE.txt file for a comprehensive list of changes in this release.


Platforms Tested

Platforms that were tested with this release are:

   AIX 5.3 (32-bit, 64-bit)
   Free BSD 6.2 (32-bit, 64-bit)
   HP-UX B.11.23 (32-bit, 64-bit)
   IRIX 64 v6.5 (32-bit, 64 bit)
   Linux 2.4, 2.6
   Linux ia64
   Linux x86_64
   Sun OS 5.8, 5.10 (32-bit, 64-bit) 
   Windows XP, Vista
   Mac OS X Intel

For detailed information on platforms and compilers, please refer to the RELEASE.txt file.


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