[MINC-development] MINC 2.0.19/2.1 and HDF 1.6/1.8

[Sean McBride]

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:29:04 +1100, Andrew Janke said:

>I am getting more and more help requests from users with build
>problems with MINC. Generally as they have downloaded the latest
>version of HDF (1.8) which is broken against our current release. This
>is all fixed in CVS and ready for release.
>
>Problem is 1.8 hasn't hit the various distros yet. It is now in
>testing in debian and slated for lynx in Ubuntu (this month). My
>problem is if I release a new version of MINC (2.1) now then odds are
>I will then get whinges that it won't build without having to download
>and install a new version of HDF on distros.
>
>So, a quick survey.  Who has HDF 1.8 on their machines?  and who says
>stuff it, let's release 2.1 early.

It's been a while since the last release.  And since the CVS repo with
your fixes is not public, I vote for a new release.

The HDF Group has announced that there will be no further 1.6.x
releases, so sticking with it will become more and more difficult as
time goes on.

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