Hdf5 1 8 Release Note (#787)

* Update supported platforms

* Merge PR#3 changes from develop

* # WARNING: head commit changed in the meantime

Merge gcc 10 diagnostics option from develop

Merge CMake changes from develop
Merge warnings from develop
Merge #318 OSX changes from develop
Merge tools changes from develop
Merge test macros from develop

* Format updates

* Fix missing semicolon and format fix

* Format update

* Correct actions, remove java option

* Update autotools build files

* Add testfiles

* Fix configure issue with make flags

* Init fapls to default

* Update generated files and fix h5repack id closure

* update format

* Merges from develop

#358 patches from vtk
#361 fix header guard spelling

* Merges from develop

#340 clang -Wformat-security warnings
#360 Fixed uninitialized warnings
header guard underscore cleanup
whitespace cleanup
tools sync

* format alignment

* initialize vars

* revert H5private change

* Merge #380 from develop

* Split format source and commit changes on repo push

* Change windows TS to use older VS.

* HDFFV-11229 merge dev changes for long double display in tools

* Committing clang-format changes

* Update unsupported types with precision

* Add "option" command for clang options

* CMake merges from develop h5cc scripts

* Updates from develop and printf formatters

* Committing clang-format changes

* Issue #669 remove version from pkgcfg filename

* remove version from h5cc script

* doxygen changes merged from develop

* Committing clang-format changes

* Enable fortran for gcc action

* Refactor Fortran CMake config tests and CMake test args

* Update code owners

* Add known problem

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release_docs/RELEASE.txt

@@ -544,6 +544,9 @@ Known Problems
     CPP ptable test fails on both VS2017 and VS2019 with Intel compiler, JIRA
     issue: HDFFV-10628.  This test will pass with VS2015 with Intel compiler.
 
+    The subsetting option in ph5diff currently will fail and should be avoided.
+    The subsetting option works correctly in serial h5diff.
+
     Known problems in previous releases can be found in the HISTORY*.txt files
     in the HDF5 source. Please report any new problems found to
     help@hdfgroup.org.