netcdf-4.0-beta1 release now available on netCDF web site...

[Jeff Whitaker]

Ed Hartnett wrote:
> Howdy all!
>
> With the recent release of HDF5 1.8.0-beta1, it is now possible for us
> to release netCDF-4.0-beta1, and it is now available from the netCDF
> web site:
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/
>
> The netCDF-4.0 beta release requires HDF5 1.8.0-beta1, and
> zlib-1.2.3. These can be obtained from the netCDF-4 FTP site:
> ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-4
>
> Build instructions can be found here:
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs_beta/netcdf-install.html#Quick-Instructions-for-Installing-NetCDF-on-Unix
>
> Documentation for this release can be found on the netCDF beta
> documentation page:
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs_beta/
>
> For more information about this release, see the netCDF-4.0 beta
> release notes:
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/release-notes-4.0-beta.html
>
> Recent changes in netCDF-4.0 include the use of the new creation
> ordering capabilities of HDF5 1.8.0. Since this feature was added to
> HDF5 very recently, the HDF5-1.8.0 beta1 release is now required for
> netCDF-4.0; previous versions of HDF5 will no longer work.
>
> Build output from a variety of platforms may be found at the netCDF-4
> snapshot build page:
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/builds/snapshot/index_4.html
>
> The version 4.0 release of netCDF includes many new features, with a
> correspondingly higher risk of bugs in the code and the
> documentation. Please report any problems to
> support-netcdf at unidata.ucar.edu.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ed
>   

Ed:  Thanks!  beta1 works fine and passes all the tests with my python 
module.  However, ncdump appears to be broken - every netcdf-4 file I 
try results in something like this:

ncdump: test.nc: HDF error

It seems to work fine with netcdf-3 files however.

-Jeff

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