HDF5 version 1.8.0-beta1 currently under development
Please refer to the release_docs/INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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This code is currently using interim file format changes that will
certainly change before the final 1.8.0 release.  Please feel free to
test everything out (in fact, we'd welcome that!), but do _NOT_ keep any
of the files produced as they will not be readable by later versions of
the HDF5 software.

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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.