75f2ed6167
H5Gget_objinfo() call had changed and passing in a non-existing soft link with a statbuf of NULL passed instead of failed (as it should as per the RM). The HDF5 1.8 and 1.10 behavior was restored and H5Gget_objinfo() will now fail and return -1 as before.
HDF5 version 1.12.0 currently under development
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Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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THE HDF GROUP
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The HDF Group is the developer of HDF5®, a high-performance software library and
data format that has been adopted across multiple industries and has become a
de facto standard in scientific and research communities.
More information about The HDF Group, the HDF5 Community and the HDF5 software
project, tools and services can be found at the Group's website.
https://www.hdfgroup.org/
DOCUMENTATION
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This release is fully functional for the API described in the documentation.
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/The+HDF5+API
Full Documentation and Programming Resources for this release can be found at
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5
See the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs/ directory for information specific
to the features and updates included in this release of the library.
Several more files are located within the release_docs/ directory with specific
details for several common platforms and configurations.
INSTALL - Start Here. General instructions for compiling and installing the library
INSTALL_CMAKE - instructions for building with CMake (Kitware.com)
INSTALL_parallel - instructions for building and configuring Parallel HDF5
INSTALL_Windows and INSTALL_Cygwin - MS Windows installations.
HELP AND SUPPORT
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Information regarding Help Desk and Support services is available at
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/The+HDF+Help+Desk
FORUM and NEWS
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The following public forums are provided for public announcements and discussions
of interest to the general HDF5 Community.
Homepage of the Forum
https://forum.hdfgroup.org
News and Announcement
https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/news-and-announcements-from-the-hdf-group
HDF5 and HDF4 Topics
https://forum.hdfgroup.org/c/hdf5
These forums are provided as an open and public service for searching and reading.
Posting requires completing a simple registration and allows one to join in the
conversation. Please read the following instructions pertaining to the Forum's
use and configuration
https://forum.hdfgroup.org/t/quickstart-guide-welcome-to-the-new-hdf-forum
SNAPSHOTS, PREVIOUS RELEASES AND SOURCE CODE
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Periodically development code snapshots are provided at the following URL:
https://gamma.hdfgroup.org/ftp/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots/
Source packages for current and previous releases are located at:
https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/Downloads
Development code is available at our BitBucket Server:
https://bitbucket.hdfgroup.org/projects/HDFFV/repos/hdf5/browse