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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello Folks,</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As we are getting closer to VTK 4.2 I’m realizing that
it may be best to have some more formality in introducing changes to VTK.
I’m not sure what the right approach is but here is one idea I want to
throw out. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1)<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Create an architecture review board (ARB) for VTK that
consists of say 7 members from the VTK community. Some of these seats can be
rotating so that a wide number of people get an opportunity to serve.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2)<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If you wish to make a significant change to VTK (and you
want to make sure that it will be in the next release), submit a description of
the change to the ARB for comment/approval by some percentage (2/3rds, 50%?)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3)<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If you are making a minor bug fix don’t bother
the ARB</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>One concern I have with the above is that it adds some bureaucracy
to VTK. Another concern I have is the approach in item 2. Should the
parenthetical clause be part of the statement or not? If it is part of the
statement, it allows people to make changes to VTK that get into the release
without approval. But there is no guarantee that they will not be removed
during the release cycle. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Comments?</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ken</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ken Martin</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, PhD</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Kitware</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Inc.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>518 371 3971 x101</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>469 </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Clifton</span></font><font size=2
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>NY</span></font><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12065</span></font></p>
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