[netcdfgroup] netCDF-C 4.4.1 now available

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• Subject: [netcdfgroup] netCDF-C 4.4.1 now available
• From: Ward Fisher <wfisher@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:46:02 -0600

Hello all,

The final release for netCDF-C 4.4.1 is now available. This release
provides official support for libhdf5 1.10.0; previous versions of netCDF
will generate binary files which cannot be read on systems using older
versions of libhdf5. A summary of changes between this official release and
the previous release candidate are as follows:

   - [File Change] Starting with release 4.4.1, netCDF-4 files created will
   have superblock version 0 instead of superblock version 2, as was observed
   in previous netCDF versions. This is due to a workaround required to avoid
   backwards binary incompatibility when using libhdf5 1.10.x or greater.
   Superblock versions 0 and 2 appear to be forward and backward compatible .
   Other than a different superblock number the data should remain consistent.
   - [Enhancement] Added better error reporting when ncdump/nccopy are
   given a bad constraint in a DAP url. See GitHub #279
   <https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/pull/279> for more information.

Full release notes are available here
<https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/blob/v4.4.1/RELEASE_NOTES.md>.

The following resources are available:

   - Documentation: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs
   - Tarball and zipfile downloads:
      - Unidata hosted: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf
      - GitHub hosted: https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/releases/v4.4.1
   - Windows installer downloads:
   http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/winbin.html

Thank you all for your patience and for all the feedback we have received!
If there are any issues or questions with this release, please don’t
hesitate to let us know. Have a great day all!

-Ward

Ward Fisher
wfisher@xxxxxxxx
UCAR/Unidata - Software Engineer
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