[netcdfgroup] announcing release of netcdf 3.6.3 and 4.0...

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• Subject: [netcdfgroup] announcing release of netcdf 3.6.3 and 4.0...
• From: Ed Hartnett <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:34:55 -0600

We are pleased to announce the release of versions 4.0 and 3.6.3 of
the NetCDF C/Fortran/C++ libraries and associated utilities.

The netcdf-4.0 release offers an expanded data model and the ability
to use HDF5 as a storage layer for netCDF files, while remaining fully
backward compatible with previous versions of netCDF. For more
information see the 4.0 release notes
(http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/release-notes-4.0.html).

Users who are not interested in the enhanced data model at this time
should get the netcdf-3.6.3 release, which does not read or write the
new netCDF-4/HDF5 format. For more information see the 3.6.3 release
notes
(http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/release-notes-3.6.3.html).

NOTE: NetCDF-4.0 is a drop in replacement, with complete backward
compatibility; it requires zlib-1.2.3 (or better) and HDF5-1.8.1 to
take advantage of new netCDF-4 features.

The new releases, as well as their documentation, are available from
the netCDF home page:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/

Thanks,

Ed
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Ed Hartnett  -- ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx