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------- Forwarded Message Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:04:37 -0600 From: Russ Rew <address@hidden> To: Tom Henderson <address@hidden> Subject: Re: netcdf-3.6.0-beta6 >To: address@hidden >From: Tom Henderson <address@hidden> >Subject: Re: 20050923: netcdf-3.6.0-beta6 >Organization: UCAR >Keywords: beta releases Hi Tom, > Where can I find documentation for netcdf-3.6.0-beta6? Is there any > reason why someone should use netcdf-3.6.0-beta6 instead of > netcdf-3.6.0-p1? There is a brief entry about netcdf-3.6.0-beta6 in the RELEASE_NOTES text file in the top-level directory of any recent source release, including netcdf-3.6.0-p1. It only contains: 3.6.0-beta6 2004-10-05 Fixed AIX 64-bit/largefile install problems. Removed FAQ section from netcdf.texi User's Guide, in deference to online version that can be kept up to date more easily. The 3.6.0-p1 release is more recent and contains all the modifications that were in the 3.6.0-beta6 release, as well as subsequent 3.6.0 releases: 3.6.0-p1 2005-02-18 Fixed bug that changes CDF2 files to CDF1 files if CDF2 file is reopened for write access and either an attribute is changed or define mode is entered. There is a 3.6.1 beta3 release that has a few more fixes: 3.6.1-beta3 2005-02-17 Added function nc_get_format(int ncid, int* formatp) that returns either NC_FORMAT_CLASSIC or NC_FORMAT_64BIT for a CDF1 or CDF2 file, respectively. Added test to nc_test that detects whether format version was changed after a file is reopened and define mode is entered. Correctly configure for Intel ifort Fortran compiler on Linux. and we are hoping to release a 3.6.1 release in October that will provide all the accumulated bug fixes as well as an enhancement related to making file sizes predictable even when writing in NOFILL mode. I believe the 3.6.1-beta3 fix also contains the fix that's in 3.6.0-p1, so that's the latest and greatest we have now. It's available from the netCDF download page: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/ --Russ ------- End of Forwarded Message