[Paraview-developers] Moving to hdf5-1.8.x

[Berk Geveci]

I vote for (2). I also vote for waiting until after we branch 3.8 and
after we switch to Git (which will follow the 3.8 branch by a week or
two). In all, it will probably be around 4 weeks before we switch to
Git.

-berk

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Biddiscombe, John A. <biddisco at cscs.ch> wrote:
> As some of you may know, I’ve been helping towards cmakeifying hdf5 1.8.x ,
> and I have a stable version working inside paraview – and it has been ok for
> some time.
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> I’d like to check this into paraview/Utilities under hdf-1.8 and I’ll make
> sure any compile issues are tidied up.
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> All the relevant filters which make use of HDF5 are compiling ok and as far
> as I know the tests are fine. Will rerun later a full suite as I did some
> cmake tweaking today.
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> I’m keen to have 1.8.x support in the next paraview release as I think it’s
> important for plugins like H5Part which are out of date (and I wish to
> update at the same time), and other ones we are developing (Xdmf stuff etc).
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> Possibility 1)
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> Check in the new /hdf5-1.8 directory, leave the old /hdf5 (1.6) one where it
> is but switch all builds to use 1.8.x by default. Breakages will be reported
> quite quickly as any affected dashboards will start emailing me instantly
> and users will vent their spleens too.
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> 2) Remove the old hdf5 completely when I check in the new (my preferred
> option)
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> 3) Leave both, leave the default as 1.6, but allow user to switch to 1.8 if
> they want. Extra Cmake maintenance required. option 1 assumes code is left
> in place, but cmake uses new version.
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> NB. Install rules for hdf5 on its own are good, but I’m not so confident on
> a make install on paraview to see if it installs the sub items well. Might
> need a spot of help from a kitware boffin here.
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> All being well, I’d like to get this in within a few weeks please. I asked a
> few months ago about this and nobody objected much (Ken voiced concerns over
> compatibility). If you wish to comment – please do.
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> JB
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