Subject: Re: [bug#64448] [PATCH 0/2] Fix hdf5-1.14 wrappers and remove generated source files from all hdf5 versions.

From: Andreas Enge <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 22:24:36 +0200

Am Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 07:36:50PM -0500 schrieb Gerd Heber:
> Only HDF5 1.14.x (currently, 1.14.2) should be kept. However, hdf5 and
> hdf5-parallel should be kept separate. Aside from the MPI dependence,
> the parallel build is NOT a superset of the sequential version. There could be
> even two versions of hdf5: a non-threadsafe build (hdf5) and a threadsafe build
> (hdf5-ts? hdf5-mt?).
> 
> For HDF4, 4.2.16-2 is the latest HDF4 release. We are maintaining that
> indefinitely (for NASA).

Thanks for the info, which helps us set a target!

I am trying to update hdf4, see
   https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65443

Andreas