[vtk-developers] VTK 5.0 Release status

Will Schroeder will.schroeder at kitware.com
Thu Aug 11 16:43:44 EDT 2005


Everybody has been doing a nice job getting VTK 5.0 out; thanks; 
especially to Dave who is having quite a baptism by fire :-)

We have started thinking about some release/packaging issues now that 
the dashboard is approaching green. We are going to look at the 
installation process and make sure that is working right. It may 
cause some CMakeLists.txt files and related files to change.

A bigger issue is the removal of f1->SetInput( f2->GetOutput() ) 
methods in favor of the newer f1->SetInputConnection 
(f2->GetOutputPort()). This has been mainly completed, but we have 
more work to do. Dave and I are going to take an initial crack at it. 
It will likely cause some test failures, so please be patient while 
we try and clean this up.

Also, vtkStructuredPoints needs deprecation in favor of vtkImageData. 
For VTK5.0 we'd like to mark it as deprecated, and in the future 
eliminate it altogether. (The long term implication is that some 
class names would change, i.e., those with "StructuredPoints" in 
their name. Bummer, but we need to follow thru and keep the system 
clean and consistent.)

Berk is talking about obsoleting some classes in VTK/Parallel, he 
will be sending mail out later with his proposal. If you are a 
parallel fan, please pay attention.

If anyone can think of other issues, or possible deprecations, etc. 
please let the community know and we'll see what we can do to include 
changes in VTK5.0.

Will





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