[Paraview] Update: Upcoming ParaView Releases (4.4 and 5.0)

[Lester Anderson]

With reference to OpenGL, will the new updates via 4,4 or 5 be compatible
with Windows 7(or 8) or does it expect a newer version of OpenGL on the
target system?
thanks

On 17 July 2015 at 19:29, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Since we're getting close to the next release, I just wanted to send out
> an email to let everyone know how we're planning to do the next release.
>
> + We'll do a ParaView 4.4 release will all features/fixes planned for the
> next release. This will use the older rendering code (same as previous
> release) that doesn't using OpenGL 2+ features.
>
> +  Following the same pattern as VTK, soon after (at the same time, if
> possible), we'll release ParaView 5.0. This will be ParaView 4.4 but with
> OpenGL2 backend.
>
> The main reason for this separation would be to have a fallback in case
> showstopper issues are noticed with the major rendering changes and for
> legacy systems that don't have a newer OpenGL.
>
> Any thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? If things go according to plan,
> release candidates should start popping up mid/late August.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> p.s. Originally, we also intended to upgrade ParaView 5.0 to use Qt 5, by
> default. However, there are a few outstanding issues with Qt 5 (some in Qt
> 5 itself, and some in our testing code) and hence the upgrade to Qt 5 has
> been tabled for now.
>
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