release 2023-08-18 (#723)

* update ReleaseNotes.md

* case-insensitive string comparison

* Release notes for 2023-06-05

* release 2023-08-18

* New `sys::OS::getSIMDInstructionSet()` utility routine; SSE2 is required (default with 64-bit builds).
* `types::ComplexInteger` to work-around `std::complex<short>` no longer being [valid C++](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/complex).
* Another round of reducing various compiler warnings (of note: `NULL` -> `nullptr`).
* Some suport for [`std::numbers`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/header/numbers) from C++20.
* Update to [HighFive 2.7.1](https://github.com/BlueBrain/HighFive/releases/tag/v2.7.1).
* Update to [e2fsprogs 1.47.0](https://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs-release.html#1.47.0).
* Update to [xerces-c 3.2.4](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12350542&styleName=Text&projectId=10510).
* Update to [HDF5](https://www.hdfgroup.org/) [1.14.2](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/releases/tag/hdf5-1_14_2).
* `mem::ComplexView`s renamed to be more descriptive.
* **hdf5.lite** removed, use [HighFive](https://github.com/BlueBrain/HighFive/) (included).
* added **.gitattributes** and normalized line-endings (`\n` for most text files).

ReleaseNotes.md

@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-```
-     _________________________
-    |   ____  _||_  ___  __   |
-    |  /___ \/_||_\| __\/  \  |
-    | //   \// || \||  \\ _ \ |
-    | ||   [===||===]  ||(_)| |
-    | ||   _|| || |||  ||__ | |
-    | \\ _/ |\_||_/||__/|| || |
-    |  \___/ \_||_/|___/|| || |
-    |__________||_____________|
- ```
-# coda-oss Release Notes
+# coda-oss Release Notes
 
-## [Release 202?-??-??](https://github.com/mdaus/coda-oss/releases/tag/202?-??-??)
+## [Release 2023-08-18](https://github.com/mdaus/coda-oss/releases/tag/2023-08-18)
 * New `sys::OS::getSIMDInstructionSet()` utility routine; SSE2 is required (default with 64-bit builds).
 * `types::ComplexInteger` to work-around `std::complex<short>` no longer being [valid C++](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/complex).
 * Another round of reducing various compiler warnings (of note: `NULL` -> `nullptr`).
@@ -20,6 +9,9 @@
 * Update to [e2fsprogs 1.47.0](https://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs-release.html#1.47.0).
 * Update to [xerces-c 3.2.4](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12350542&styleName=Text&projectId=10510).
 * Update to [HDF5](https://www.hdfgroup.org/) [1.14.2](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/releases/tag/hdf5-1_14_2).
+* `mem::ComplexView`s renamed to be more descriptive.
+* **hdf5.lite** removed, use [HighFive](https://github.com/BlueBrain/HighFive/) (included).
+* added **.gitattributes** and normalized line-endings (`\n` for most text files).
 
 ## [Release 2023-06-05](https://github.com/mdaus/coda-oss/releases/tag/2023-06-05)
 * *zlib* updated to [1.2.13](https://github.com/madler/zlib/releases/tag/v1.2.13).

modules/c++/config/include/config/Version.h

@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ static_assert(CODA_OSS_MAKE_VERSION_MMPB(9999, 9999, 9999, 9999) <= UINT64_MAX,
 
 // Do this ala C++ ... we don't currently have major/minor/patch
 //#define CODA_OSS_VERSION_ 20210910L // c.f. __cplusplus
-#define CODA_OSS_VERSION_ 2023 ## 0006 ## 0005 ## 0000 ## L
+#define CODA_OSS_VERSION_ 2023 ## 0008 ## 0018 ## 0000 ## L
 
 // Use the same macros other projects might want to use; overkill for us.
 #define CODA_OSS_VERSION_MAJOR	2023
-#define CODA_OSS_VERSION_MINOR	6
-#define CODA_OSS_VERSION_PATCH	5
-#define CODA_OSS_VERSION_BUILD	0
+#define CODA_OSS_VERSION_MINOR	8
+#define CODA_OSS_VERSION_PATCH	18 // a.k.a. "point," but too similar to "patch."
+#define CODA_OSS_VERSION_BUILD	0 // a.k.a. "patch," but too similar to "point."
 #define CODA_OSS_VERSION CODA_OSS_MAKE_VERSION_MMPB(CODA_OSS_VERSION_MAJOR, CODA_OSS_VERSION_MINOR, CODA_OSS_VERSION_PATCH, CODA_OSS_VERSION_BUILD)
 
 namespace config