dependencies/hdf5: Convert to a dependency_factory

Instead of a mega dependency that does everything, use a dependency
factory for config-tool and pkg-config

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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md
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 Meson uses pkg-config to find HDF5. The standard low-level HDF5 function and the `HL` high-level HDF5 functions are linked for each language.
 
+`method` may be `auto`, `config-tool` or `pkg-config`.
+
+*New in 0.56.0* the `config-tool` method.
+*New in 0.56.0* the dependencies now return proper dependency types and `get_variable` and similar methods should work as expected.
 
 ## libwmf
 
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/hdf5_dependnecy_improvements.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/hdf5_dependnecy_improvements.md
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+## HDF5 dependency improvements
+
+HDF5 has been improved so that the internal representations have been split.
+This allows selecting pkg-config and config-tool dependencies separately.
+Both work as proper dependencies of their type, so `get_variable` and similar
+now work correctly.