[svn-r7955] Snapshot version 1.7 release 11

doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.7.10 released on Sun Nov  9 03:04:32 CST 2003
+HDF5 version 1.7.11 released on Sun Dec 14 03:14:20 CST 2003
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@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ New Features
 
     Library:
     --------
+        - Data type conversion between integers and floats was added.
+            SLU 2003/11/21
         - New function H5Iget_file_id() was added.  It returns file ID given
             an object(dataset, group, or attribute) ID.  SLU 2003/10/29
         - Added new fields to the H5G_stat_t for more information about an
@@ -62,12 +64,18 @@ New Features
 
     Parallel Library:
     -----------------
+        - Add options of using atomicity and file-sync to test_mpio_1wMr.
+          AKC - 2003/11/13
+        - Added parallel test, test_mpio_1wMr, which tests if the
+          underlaying parallel I/O system is conforming to the POSIX
+          write/read requirement.  AKC - 2003/11/12
 
     Tools:
     ------
         - Install the "h5cc" and "h5fc" tools as "h5pcc" and "h5pfc"
             respectively if library is built in parallel mode.
             WCW - 2003/11/04
+        - Added metadata benchmark (perform/perf_meta).  SLU - 2003/10/03
         - Changed output of "OID"s from h5dump from "<number>-<number>" to
             "<number".  This affects both the "regular" and XML output.
             QAK - 2003/08/08
@@ -85,6 +93,22 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
 
     Library
     -------
+        - Fixed bug where scalar dataspaces for attributes were reporting as
+            simple dataspaces.  QAK - 2003/12/13
+        - Fixed problem with selection offsets of hyperslab selections in
+            chunked datasets causing the library to go into an infinite loop.
+            QAK - 2003/12/13
+        - Fixed H5Giterate to avoid re-using index parameter after iteration
+            callback has been called (allows iteration callback to modify the
+            index parameter itself).  QAK - 2003/12/06
+        - Fixed various floating-point conversion problems, including a
+            change which could corrupt data when converting from double->float.
+            QAK - 2003/11/24
+        - Changed "single process" metadata writing in library to collective
+            I/O by all processes, in order to guarantee correct data being
+            written with MPI-I/O.  QAK - 2003/11/20
+        - Fixed problems with fill values and variable-length types and also
+            I/O on VL values that were set to NULL.  QAK - 2003/11/08
         - Fixed problems with MPI datatypes that caused ASCI Q machine to
             hang.  QAK - 2003/10/28
         - Removed HDF5_MPI_PREFER_DERIVED_TYPES environment variable support,