Merge pull request #958 from Unidata/5.5.0

[5.x] release 5.5.0

Author: haileyajohnson

build.gradle

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ allprojects {
   // <prerelease version> may be SNAPSHOT, alphax, betax, etc.
   // Note - if bumping to a new major or minor version, be sure to update the docs (see step 1 in
   // docs/src/private/internal/release.md for details)
-  version = '5.5.0-SNAPSHOT'
+  version = '5.5.1-SNAPSHOT'
   status = 'development'
 }
 

docs/src/site/pages/netcdfJava/Upgrade.md

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ As such, we no longer utilize WebStart.
 
 ## netCDF-Java API Changes (5.5.x)
 
+Point release notes:
+* [5.5.0](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-java/releases/tag/v5.5.0){:target="_blank"} (_2021-12-20_)
+
+5.5.x is the first release that includes read support for [Zarr](https://zarr.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html){:target="_blank"}. 
+There is also a new package for filters, `ucar.ma2.filters`, which allows user-provided compressors and filters to be supplied through a [Service Provider Interface](https://www.baeldung.com/java-spi){:target="_blank"}.
+
 ## netCDF-Java API Changes (5.4.x)
 
 Point release notes:

gradle/any/javadoc.gradle

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tasks.withType(Javadoc).all {  // Common Javadoc config.
 
   // When instances of JDK classes appear in our Javadoc (e.g. "java.lang.String"), create links out of them to
   // Oracle's JavaSE 8 Javadoc.
-  options.links('https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/')
+  options.links('https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/')
 
   if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
     // doclint="all" (the default) will identify 100s of errors in our docs and cause no Javadoc to be generated.