Release of HDF5-1.8.21 - Newsletter #161 June 6, 2018 CONTENTS . Release of HDF5-1.8.21 . Future of HDF5-1.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Release of HDF5-1.8.21 ====================== The HDF5-1.8.21 release is now available, and can be accessed from both the HDF5 download page and Support Portal: HDF5 Download page: https://www.hdfgroup.org/downloads/hdf5/ Support Portal: https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/HDF5+1.8.21 HDF5-1.8.21 is a minor release with a few new features and changes. Important changes include: o The following vulnerability issues were addressed: CVE-2017-17505 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17505 CVE-2017-17506 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17506 CVE-2017-17508 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17508 CVE-2017-17509 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17509 o Several changes were made to CMake: - The minimum version of CMake changed to 3.10. - pkg-config file generation was added for the C, C++, HL, and HL C++ libraries. - The h5cc and similar compile scripts are now created when building on Linux. o Many C++ APIs were added or modified to better reflect the HDF5 model. o Several tools bugs were fixed (in h5repack, h5dump, and h5diff). This release contains many other changes that are not listed here. Please be sure to read the Release Notes for a comprehensive list of new features and changes: https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/support/HDF5%201.8.21#releasenotes Changes that affect maintainers of HDF5-dependent applications are listed on the HDF5 Software Changes from Release to Release page. See: https://portal.hdfgroup.org/display/HDF5/Software+Changes+from+Release+to+Release+for+HDF5-1.8 Future of HDF5-1.8 ------------------ Please be aware that this is one of the last releases for HDF5-1.8. We encourage users to move to HDF5-1.10, particularly after HDF5-1.10.3 is released later this year. All major changes for HDF5-1.10 are in HDF5-1.10.2 and HDF5-1.10.3 will include performance improvements for several of the new features.