:orphan: .. _release_5_8_1: =============================== v5.8.1 release notes =============================== Clawpack 5.8.1 was released on October 19, 2021. See :ref:`installing`. **The installation instructions have been reorganized (once again) in an attempt to make the different options clearer.** Permanent DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5595424 Changes relative to Clawpack 5.8.0 (February 4, 2021) are shown below. To see more recent changes that are in the the master branch but not yet released, see :ref:`changes_to_master`. Changes that are not backward compatible ---------------------------------------- General changes --------------- Changes to classic ------------------ No changes. See `classic diffs `_ Changes to clawutil ------------------- No changes. See `clawutil diffs `_ Changes to visclaw ------------------ No major changes. See `visclaw diffs `_ Changes to riemann ------------------ - Fix `rp1_shallow_hlle.f90` to work better near dry states. See `riemann diffs `_ Changes to amrclaw ------------------ No changes. See `amrclaw diffs `_ Changes to geoclaw ------------------ - Some improvements to storm tracks - Reading (some) geotiff files now supported in `topotools` - Added `kmltools.topo2kmz` to make Google Earth overlays showing topography - Some other bug fixes. See `geoclaw diffs `_ Changes to PyClaw ------------------ For changes in PyClaw, see the `PyClaw changelog `_. See `pyclaw diffs `_ =========================== Other Clawpack Repositories =========================== The repositories below are not included in the Clawpack tarfile or pip install, but changes to these repositories may also be of interest. - `apps diffs `_ - `doc diffs `_ shows changes in the `dev` branch not yet in the posted version of the documentation. - `docker-files diffs `_