[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#537414: Please default to 1.8 interface for hdf5-1.8.x

2011-01-09 Thread Walter Landry
Greetings, I was recently bitten by this bug again. HDF5 has had the new API for almost 3 years. This is getting a bit ridiculous. It is time for Debian to use the new API. From http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/APICompatMacros.html For new code development, The HDF Group recommends

Re: [DebianGIS-dev] Bug#537414: please default to 1.8 interface for hdf5-1.8.x

2009-07-20 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:21:19AM -0400, Chun-Chung Chen wrote: Package: hdf5 Version: 1.8.3-1 Severity: wishlist When default to 1.8 interface, building packages using 1.6 interface can be done with CFLAGS=-DH5_USE_16_API. However, there is no similar mechanism available for building

[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#537414: please default to 1.8 interface for hdf5-1.8.x

2009-07-17 Thread Chun-Chung Chen
Package: hdf5 Version: 1.8.3-1 Severity: wishlist When default to 1.8 interface, building packages using 1.6 interface can be done with CFLAGS=-DH5_USE_16_API. However, there is no similar mechanism available for building packages using 1.8 interface when 1.6 is the default. One will have to