[netcdfgroup] netCDF 4.5.0 - rc3 now available

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• Subject: [netcdfgroup] netCDF 4.5.0 - rc3 now available
• From: Ward Fisher <wfisher@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:03:09 -0600

Hello all

We are pleased to announce the third release candidate for netCDF 4.5.0.
Assuming no further bug reports (won’t that be nice!) we should have the
full release in the next week or so. In addition to general bug fixes, the
main improvements from rc2 are as follows:
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   - [Update] Due to ongoing issues, native CDF5 support has been disabled
   by *default*. You can use the options mentioned below (--enable-cdf5 or
   -DENABLE_CDF5=TRUE for configure or cmake, respectively). Just be aware
   that for the time being, Reading/Writing CDF5 files on 32-bit platforms may
   result in unexpected behavior when using extremely large variables. For
   32-bit platforms it is best to continue using NC_FORMAT_64BIT_OFFSET.
   - [Bug] Corrected an issue where older versions of curl might fail.
See GitHub
   #487 <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/487> for more
   information.
   - [Enhancement] Added options to enable/disable CDF5 support at
   configure time for autotools and cmake-based builds. The options are
   --enable/disable-cdf5 and ENABLE_CDF5, respectively. See Github #484
   <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/484> for more information.
   - [Bug Fix] Corrected an issue when subsetting a netcdf3 file via nccopy
   -v/-V. See Github #425 <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/425>
   and Github #463 <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/463> for
   more information.
   - [Bug Fix] Corrected --has-dap and --has-dap4 output for cmake-based
   builds. See GitHub #473 <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/pull/473>
   for more information.
   - [Bug Fix] Corrected an issue where NC_64BIT_DATA files were being read
   incorrectly by ncdump, despite the data having been written
correctly. See GitHub
   #457 <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/457> for more
   information.
   - [Bug Fix] Corrected a potential stack buffer overflow. See GitHub #450
   <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/pull/450> for more information.

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   - Release Tarball - https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/releases
   - Windows Installer Downloads -
   http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs_rc/winbin.html
   - Documentation - http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs_rc

Thanks all, have a great weekend,

-Ward

Ward Fisher
wfisher@xxxxxxxx
UCAR/Unidata - Software Engineer
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