Added markdown version of RELEASE_NOTES for evaluation.

Modified Doxyfile templates to generate html from the
markdown file (assumes doxygen version 1.8+)

Added link to release notes to mainpage.doc

Makefile.am

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 EXTRA_DIST = README COPYRIGHT RELEASE_NOTES INSTALL INSTALL.cmake test_prog.c \
 	lib_flags.am cmake CMakeLists.txt COMPILE.cmake.txt config.h.in.cmake \
 	config.h.in.cmake cmake_uninstall.cmake.in netcdf-config-version.cmake.in \
-	netcdf-config.cmake.in FixBundle.cmake.in 
+	netcdf-config.cmake.in FixBundle.cmake.in nc-config.in.cmake 
 
 # Doxygen doesn't build nicely in vpath builds.
 # Don't do this; it wipes out any exported values

man4/Doxyfile.in

@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ WARN_LOGFILE           =
 # with spaces.
 
 INPUT = \
+    @abs_top_srcdir@/RELEASE_NOTES.md \
     @abs_top_srcdir@/man4/mainpage.doc \
     @abs_top_srcdir@/man4/tutorial.doc \
     @abs_top_srcdir@/man4/install.doc \

man4/Doxyfile.in.cmake

@@ -655,7 +655,8 @@ WARN_LOGFILE           =
 # directories like "/usr/src/myproject". Separate the files or directories
 # with spaces.
 
-INPUT                  = @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/man4/Building-with-CMake.md \
+INPUT                  = @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/RELEASE_NOTES.md \
+			 @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/man4/Building-with-CMake.md \
 			 @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/man4/windows-binaries.md \
 	                 @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/man4/mainpage.doc \
                          @CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR@/man4/tutorial.doc \

man4/mainpage.doc

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Foundation.
 Hartnett, Dennis Heimbigner and Ward Fisher
 
 <p>Learn more about netCDF:
+- \ref release_notes
 - \ref getting
 - \ref building
 - \ref tutorial