[VTK ARB] Python 3

[David Gobbi]

Hi Andrew,

Once the wrappers are ready (probably mid-August) I'll need all the help
that I can get to convert the python code for the tests and examples.

Right now I'm down to just 7 tests failing on the first milestone:
https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/merge_requests/411

 - David

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Andrew Maclean <andrew.amaclean at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have also seen a couple of somewhat diffident emails on the vtk
> developers/users groups asking about Python3.
>
> Please let me know if I can be of any help.
>
> Regards
>     Andrew
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 7:28 AM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm not looking to be a hero, just looking for fun ways to contribute.
>> That said, when I pushed a merge request this morning all the python tests
>> failed!  So the road to Py3K in VTK might be a little bumpy.
>>
>>  - David
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Will Schroeder <
>> will.schroeder at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> FYI- I was just talking to a couple of Kitwareans who attended SciPy
>>> last week. Evidently there was some grumbling about  VTK not supporting
>>> Python3. Some are even looking at VisPy. David this is your chance to be a
>>> hero (again :-)).
>>>
>>> Also there is a desire for VTK to have its own extensible framework for
>>> custom rendering, shaders, etc.
>>>
>>> W
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> William J. Schroeder, PhD
>>> Kitware, Inc.
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>>> Clifton Park, NY 12065
>>> will.schroeder at kitware.com
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>>>
>>
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