Re: netcdf-3.6.0-beta6 (fwd)

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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


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