[Paraview] [EXTERNAL] Removing legacy rendering backend from ParaView 5.5

[Scott, W Alan]

How is the legacy back end related to --mesa-llvm?  We still use this switch frequently on small clusters that use system mesa for rendering.  

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ParaView [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of
> Utkarsh Ayachit
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 10:59 AM
> To: ParaView <paraview at paraview.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] Removing legacy rendering backend from
> ParaView 5.5
> 
> Folks,
> 
> Final ParaView 5.4 should be tagged and released in the next few days.
> This may be a good time to discuss dropping support for legacy components.
> 
> I'd like to propose dropping support for legacy rendering backend in lieu of
> the what we call the OpenGL2 rendering backend that requires OpenGL 3.2
> or newer. We have been using the newer backend by default since 5.0
> (January 2016) and is indeed the most tested and used rendering backend
> since then.
> 
> If there are strong reasons to continue supporting the legacy backend
> beyond 5.4 please make us aware before June 30, 2017. One can always use
> older versions of ParaView, if required. For the most part, we have already
> stopped doing any development, including maintenance fixes for the legacy
> rendering backend.
> 
> Utkarsh
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