
$Id: NEWS,v 1.6 2005/06/03 17:25:19 jimg Exp $

Updated for version 3.5.1 beta

The headers for this library are now installed in $prefix/include/libnc-dap/.

This version has been tested successfully with nco 3.0.0. You'll need to
define NC_64BIT_OFFSET=0 to get nco to link. When building nco, use
'CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DNC_64BIT_OFFSET=0"; ./configure'.

Fixes to two bugs: nc_att_copy and writing Grids of chars were both broken.
Fixed. 

Much use of valgrind with the nco code; all found leaks fixed. There are some
'still reachable' memory segments inside the pthreads and ssl libraries that
don't seem to grow but are not freed in a way that's seen by valgrind. I
don't think these are leaks.

Tests now work. The default is to use the server at test.opendap.org and it
is slow going. Use a local server for faster testing (see configure --help).

The install make traget now installs ncdap-config.

See http://bugzilla.opendap.org for a list of known problems.

Updated for version 3.5.0 beta of the DAP netCDF Client Library.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES

This version of the DAP NetCDF Client Library is organized differently from
previous versions. Instead of building in the 'DODS' software tree, this
version builds on its own. The library requires that you first install
libdap++ (which itself requires libcurl and libxml2). Once built, the nc-dap
library installs in the host machine's /usr/local/{lib,bin,include}
directories (unless the installation prefix directory is changed; see
INSTALL). 

In addition to the library and dncdump, this software also includes the
script ncdap-config, which can be used to help when compiling or linking
programs that use this library. See ncdap-config --help for more information.

For CVS access to this software use the module 'libnc-dap.'

DATA TYPE TRANSLATION

This version of the DAP netCDF Client Library can perform some data type
translations. See the file README.translation for details about these
features.

KNOWN PROBLEMS

The library cannot handle reading from data sources where some of the
variables are Sequences which contain Sequences. In these cases the library
may not return an appropriate error code.

Testing is broken.

See http://bugzilla.opendap.org/ for information on all know outstanding
problems with this software.

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01/27/03 jhrg

This code now builds with gcc 3.2 in addition to VC++ and gcc 2.95.3.

The software has been changed to work with DAP 3.3.

The configure script requires autoconf 2.13, even though the rest of the
DODS/NVODS software using autocond 2.53. This is because the UD macros from
Unidata don't work with the newer autoconf. I understand that they will soon
enough...
