<div dir="ltr">I very much agree.<div><br></div><div>The only thing holding it back on the Kitware side is that we've not found a chunk of time to sit down, think about it, and do it. Same thing goes for putting out SDKs for the major platforms.</div><div><br></div><div>:(</div><div><br></div></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 Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Matthew Brett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthew.brett@gmail.com" target="_blank">matthew.brett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:07 PM, David E DeMarle<br>
<<a href="mailto:dave.demarle@kitware.com">dave.demarle@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm happy to let you know that next release candidate in the VTK 7.0 release<br>
> cycle is ready for you to try. Thank you everyone who tried and provided<br>
> feedback and updates based on rc1.<br>
><br>
> As usual you can find the source, data, and vtkpython binary packages here:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.vtk.org/download/#candidate" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/download/#candidate</a><br>
><br>
> Please try this version of VTK and report any issues to the list or the<br>
> bug tracker so that we can try to address them before VTK 7.0.0 final in a<br>
> few weeks time.<br>
><br>
> The changes from rc1 are as follows:<br>
> commit bc6c71ea79dc7bd7523b81aa1d1b5e6a98d57daf<br>
> Author: T.J. Corona <<a href="mailto:tj.corona@kitware.com">tj.corona@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Deprecating vtkVolumeRaycastMapper and vtkVolumeTextureMapper2D/3D.<br>
><br>
> commit 6b7e888a2c2d91956af0bf8dcd8a48c9717b9d76<br>
> Author: Ken Martin <<a href="mailto:ken.martin@kitware.com">ken.martin@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> update for newer versions of iOS<br>
><br>
> commit a849580122154f99ab343e8ab2eb40b49c05f89d<br>
> Author: Boris Nagaev <<a href="mailto:bnagaev@gmail.com">bnagaev@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Fix CMake error if in directory with ++ in name.<br>
><br>
> commit 46a54e5ab8e77d817fd6bfa0816c9e987673c896<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> BUG 15914: Fix corrupt image from vtkImageResliceMapper<br>
><br>
> commit 69bafcd8bada56f7b307740f53635e8adc980408<br>
> Author: Ken Martin <<a href="mailto:ken.martin@kitware.com">ken.martin@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Fix some coverity issues<br>
><br>
> commit fff730946a7c779fe5cb34d199a3028388e57e6f<br>
> Author: Ken Martin <<a href="mailto:ken.martin@kitware.com">ken.martin@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Free up memory in the point gaussian<br>
><br>
> commit 5146150ed9d33345fe7d2d606a230a86c738dc91<br>
> Author: Fabian Wenzel <<a href="mailto:fabian.wenzel@philips.com">fabian.wenzel@philips.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Fixes QTVTKRenderWindowInteractor for python3<br>
><br>
> commit 9d952e9283c66ed8c86fd92d54216504e9fe50ed<br>
> Author: T.J. Corona <<a href="mailto:tj.corona@kitware.com">tj.corona@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Fix memory leak in vtkMath::SolveLeastSquares.<br>
><br>
> commit e7e71c4e513b93d9879a797708cf362e3cc5bf66<br>
> Author: Ken Martin <<a href="mailto:ken.martin@kitware.com">ken.martin@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> get a 3.2 context from OS mesa using new funcs<br>
><br>
> commit 1cbd9fde716101d363aba9d34d96feb8ecbdd856<br>
> Author: Zlib Upstream <<a href="mailto:kwrobot@kitware.com">kwrobot@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> zlib 2015-12-14 (751703ae)<br>
><br>
> commit ea74dd0bfcd2ab93c8b668648693f6393d8cc93c<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> zlib: remove zlib1.rc from the list of used files.<br>
><br>
> commit 1cb28ce76d1480efe6b11d76dd83fafc038f197e<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Change deprecation warning to "VTK 7.0".<br>
><br>
> commit 4a1fbefe00db0184aa088eaacdd08a023c666f9f<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Remove AGL.framework from OS X OPENGL_LIBRARIES.<br>
><br>
> commit 88dfac4a47cf8cdf0aca82e649753a5f5e85fe42<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Synchronize vtkMatrix3x3 with vtkMatrix4x4.<br>
><br>
> commit 986d4c8b75c9a2cf85e0dc5564e652d6bd48c735<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Remove warning about deprecated method usage.<br>
><br>
> commit b5af8d4bbd5d348623c2c7451a417e07e3010c9a<br>
> Author: Zlib Upstream <<a href="mailto:kwrobot@kitware.com">kwrobot@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> zlib 2015-12-09 (acc12639)<br>
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> commit 1ddf7372bd7ce3329033beea21dc0cc638e6e136<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Eliminate C-style casts from vtkMatrix4x4.<br>
><br>
> commit a16e1843cf92f5159d6b002b12f0a045e9d2c161<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Rename Element parameter to element.<br>
><br>
> commit d9c5ca00826dafabd8ddd87e409e1611f42ec621<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Mark legacy methods as "legacy".<br>
><br>
> commit 8af584db104054a9350bb4107ada0cb1dbbb06cc<br>
> Author: Brad King <<a href="mailto:brad.king@kitware.com">brad.king@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> ThirdParty: Improve update script default merge message behavior<br>
><br>
> commit d0ecfc35705267e22213297a49b23550b74ded24<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Remove the legacy BTX/ETX markers.<br>
><br>
> commit 7afac239c92064750ed9bfab24a120dc26915a57<br>
> Author: David Gobbi <<a href="mailto:david.gobbi@gmail.com">david.gobbi@gmail.com</a>><br>
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> Move some comments so they become visible to doxygen.<br>
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> commit 3eda5f89ae77d218ba854201fa1d02f803055f48<br>
> Author: Brad King <<a href="mailto:brad.king@kitware.com">brad.king@kitware.com</a>><br>
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> ThirdParty: Teach update script to find upstream hash in commit message<br>
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> commit d8fb062a7bc89b52b40ccfc71eaca7246f19022e<br>
> Author: Brad King <<a href="mailto:brad.king@kitware.com">brad.king@kitware.com</a>><br>
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> ThirdParty: Teach update script to store upstream hash in commit message<br>
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> commit 51a19f27c5a03dedb35507823b0467fddf160f29<br>
> Author: MetaIO Upstream <<a href="mailto:kwrobot@kitware.com">kwrobot@kitware.com</a>><br>
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> metaio 2015-11-23 (4c85a18e)<br>
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> commit bf1a55acb8277231d47582a756bef5b66e52f2e4<br>
> Author: JsonCpp Upstream <<a href="mailto:kwrobot@kitware.com">kwrobot@kitware.com</a>><br>
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> jsoncpp 2015-10-01 (eb1ddde0)<br>
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> commit 0531c5612667097dc0d4244389eb2fa3ecd695d9<br>
> Author: Libpng Upstream <<a href="mailto:kwrobot@kitware.com">kwrobot@kitware.com</a>><br>
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> png 2015-12-07 (63adbb10)<br>
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> commit 4032eee18eda3415766af236cfc5756e80bec3a6<br>
> Author: Zlib Upstream <<a href="mailto:kwrobot@kitware.com">kwrobot@kitware.com</a>><br>
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> zlib 2015-11-18 (0abb295c)<br>
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> commit 60d6c9acdf09b7d24c456759b267ac524b2f0962<br>
> Author: Ben Boeckel <<a href="mailto:ben.boeckel@kitware.com">ben.boeckel@kitware.com</a>><br>
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> ios: fix newline-at-end-of-file<br>
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> commit 0a5666757d84b3ad62e3fda4032dafe60d3f21f5<br>
> Author: Dave DeMarle <<a href="mailto:dave.demarle@kitware.com">dave.demarle@kitware.com</a>><br>
><br>
> fix a cmake warning for users of VTK<br>
<br>
</div></div>I noticed y'all are still using the standalone vtkpython as your<br>
binary distribution method for OSX.<br>
<br>
Do you have any plans for making a Python wheel for VTK? It would<br>
make it much easier to install VTK into an existing Python<br>
installation, and therefore to use VTK with lots of other scientific /<br>
technical Python packages.<br>
<br>
I'm very happy to help with this, if you can give me some pointers as<br>
to how to proceed.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Matthew<br>
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