Hi Steffen, On Mar 30, 2015, at 2:49 AM, Steffen Kieß <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > On 2015-03-12 00:08, Elena Pourmal wrote: >> Steffen, >> >> Thank you for the new patch! I’ll let you know if we have any questions. > > is there any update on this? Is there anything I can do to help? > Yes, there is. On Friday, March 27, we reviewed the patch and concluded that we cannot accept it as it is. Applications that rely on the current behavior will be broken. Would you like to have a telecon with us to discuss the issue and see how we can move forward with the fix? We really appreciate your effort and would like to resolve the issue. Thank you! Elena ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elena Pourmal The HDF Group http://hdfgroup.org 1800 So. Oak St., Suite 203, Champaign IL 61820 217.531.6112 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Best regards, > Steffen Kieß > > >> >> Elena >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Elena Pourmal The HDF Group http://hdfgroup.org >> 1800 So. Oak St., Suite 203, Champaign IL 61820 >> 217.531.6112 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 11, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Steffen Kieß >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> >>> (I'm not sure where the sources for the Reference Manual and the >>> User's Guide are, so I'm not sure who will apply these changes / how I >>> can submit patches for that.) >>> >>> >>> http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5P.html#Property-SetExternal >>> >>> A paragraph can be added to the Description: >>> >>> If 'name' is a relative filename, it will be considered relative to >>> the HDF5 file. In this case when the HDF5 file is moved, the external >>> files should be moved along with it. >>> >>> And to History: >>> 1.8.15 Relative filenames are now considered relative to the HDF5 >>> file, not to the current directory. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/UG/10_Datasets.html >>> >>> To last paragraph of "5.5.4. External Storage Properties": >>> All referenced external data files must exist before performing raw >>> data I/O on the dataset. This is normally not a problem since those >>> files are being managed directly by the application or indirectly >>> through some other library. However, if the file is transferred from >>> its original context, care must be taken to assure that all the >>> external files are accessible in the new location. >>> >>> Add: >>> If relative filenames are used, they will be considered relative to >>> the location of the HDF5 file. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. >> [email protected] >> http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org > Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5
