HDF5 version 1.8.0-beta2pre2 currently under development
Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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This release is almost fully functional for the entire API defined in the
documentation, see the RELEASE.txt file in the release_docs directory for information
specific to this release of the library.  The INSTALL file contains
instructions on compiling and installing the library.  The INSTALL_parallel
file contains instructions on installing the parallel version of the
library.  The INSTALL* files can be found in the release_docs/ directory.

Documentation for this release can be found at the following URL:
http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/alpha/obtain518.html

Four mailing lists are currently set up for use with the HDF5
library.

   news         - For announcements of HDF5 related developments,
		  not a discussion list.

   hdf-forum    - For general discussion of the HDF5 library with
		  other users.

   hdf5dev      - For discussion of the HDF5 library development
		  with developers and other interested parties.

To subscribe to a list, send mail to "<list>-subscribe@hdfgroup.org".
where <list> is the name of the list.
E.g., mail hdf5-subscribe@hdfgroup.org

Messages to be sent to the list should be sent to "<list>@hdfgroup.org".

Periodic code snapshots are provided at the following URL:
    ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots
Please read the README.txt file in that directory before working with a library
snapshot.

The HDF5 website is located at http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/

Bugs should be reported to help@hdfgroup.org.