<div dir="ltr">Never tell me the odds Goldenrod!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">David E DeMarle<br>Kitware, Inc.<br>R&D Engineer<br>21 Corporate Drive<br>Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662<br>Phone: 518-881-4909</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 8:19 PM, David Cole via vtk-developers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vtk-developers@vtk.org" target="_blank">vtk-developers@vtk.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Just some real-world data to consider:<br>
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For the past three VTK releases (5.10, 6.0 and 6.1), here are the<br>
stats, based on the tags in the git repo.<br>
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average number of release candidates before a release's "final"<br>
(x.x.0) release: 3<br>
average number of days between consecutive release candidates: 16<br>
average number of days from rc1 to final release: 40<br>
average number of days between x-rc1 and (x+1)-rc1: 357<br>
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I would think such readily available data ought to be considered when<br>
determining the schedule for a set of release candidates. Even by<br>
those whose hair is geometrically challenged. ;-)<br>
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Based on historical data, I would expect the final release of VTK<br>
6.2.0 to land around Feb. 16th + 40, or approximately March 28th.<br>
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Thanks for the efforts. I am particularly looking forward to the<br>
OpenGL2 backend becoming a reality, even if it is still experimental<br>
for this release.<br>
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Thx,<br>
David C.<br>
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On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Will Schroeder<br>
<<a href="mailto:will.schroeder@kitware.com">will.schroeder@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> There is also the pointy-haired management concern. That is, we are coming<br>
> up to the end of Year 2 NIH funding for VTK Maintenance. We have a report<br>
> due in mid-March and I want to make it as strong as possible so we can<br>
> continue doing other great work along the lines of OpenGL2, interaction,<br>
> community, and medical data integration. Being able to talk about a release<br>
> makes me very happy, and it will honor the investment that NIH is making<br>
> into VTK.<br>
><br>
> W<br>
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> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Marcus D. Hanwell<br>
> <<a href="mailto:marcus.hanwell@kitware.com">marcus.hanwell@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Sean McBride <<a href="mailto:sean@rogue-research.com">sean@rogue-research.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> > On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:36:12 -0500, Marcus D. Hanwell said:<br>
>> ><br>
>> >>Why make more than one RC if there are no<br>
>> >>critical flaws discovered?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > No disagreement there. But if the 1 rc period lasts only 4 business<br>
>> > days (it was announced late Monday), there's *insufficient time* to look for<br>
>> > flaws.<br>
>><br>
>> Agreed, I have been really busy with other things and didn't<br>
>> appreciate this. Hopefully we can extend it out a day or two - would<br>
>> that offer enough time?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > VTK 6.1 was released 13 months ago. Why the rush to declare 6.2 final?<br>
>> ><br>
>> These things are always a balancing act, and we would like to increase<br>
>> the release frequency so that we avoid this 13 month cycles. Thanks<br>
>> for your feedback, and all of your contributions to VTK.<br>
>><br>
>> Marcus<br>
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