[Paraview-developers] Impending ParaView CMake changes following VTK Modularization

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

UPDATE: Changes have been merged into git-next.

Utkarsh

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit
<utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> As you may have noticed, VTK's CMake files were recently revamped to support
> what's being known as VTK Modularization. In short, VTK's old fashioned Kits
> have disappeared, instead we have 'modules' that now comprise the VTK
> library.
>
> As a first step, we simply updated ParaView to build against this
> modularized VTK
> with minimal changes to ParaView's cmake files. This is what's currently in
> git-master.
>
> Now, the next step is revamping ParaView's cmake files to leverage the
> modularization concepts to create modules for its libraries. We have been
> working on this for the past few weeks. The plan is to convert all libraries
> ParaView builds into VTK style modules. Since this required updating almost all
> of ParaView's CMake files, we decided to use this opportunity to clean up
> ParaView's cmake files in entirety, removing redundant/obsolete cmake options,
> reorganizing third-party dependencies, cleaning up install rules, etc.
>
> We believe we are now at a stage where these changes can start making their way
> into git-master. Despite a few known missing components (which are being worked
> on) such as VisIt-bridge, Xdmf, plugins that need to be updated, it may be
> worthwhile to start getting these changes in git-master so that the community
> can start seeing the changes and provide feedback, and help identify any issues
> or missing capabilities. We'll start merging these changes into master
> by the next
> gatekeeper review (or so), so users working off git-master
> should expect a few hiccups until the dust settles down.
>
> For the adventurous few, these changes are available on the stage under the
> topic name "modularize_paraview". I would recommend starting with a clean
> binary directory when trying these changes out.
>
> Thanks for your patience and look forward to your feedback.
>
> Utkarsh