[vtk-developers] VTK 5.2 Release Planning

David Cole david.cole at kitware.com
Tue Jan 29 15:03:51 EST 2008


Excellent! Thanks Bill.

Could you put a summary of the "changed output" instead of the actual
output? (Number of files added, number removed, number of revisions
logged...?)

Thx,
David

On 1/29/08, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I updated http://www.itk.org/Wiki/New52Classes with the auto generated
> results. If you see obvious errors or omissions let me know. I can tweak the
> script.
>
> The changed output is much too large and probably overkill, so I did not
> include that.
>
> Bill
>
> On Jan 29, 2008 2:26 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > This revision of VTK/CMakeLists.txt was the first commit to the VTK-5-0
> > branch:
> >   revision 1.341.2.1
> >   date: 2005-09-01 16:49:44 +0000;  author: david.cole;  state: Exp;
> > lines: +2 -2
> >   ENH: Update version numbers in the VTK-5-0 branch to 5.0.
> >
> > Sept. 1, 2005 was the first VTK-5-0 commit activity after the branch
> > creation.
> >
> > For the purpose of running your script on VTK, I would say changes since
> > then in CVS HEAD are "new in VTK 5.2" -- feel free to run your script
> > and post the results to the Wiki -- I would *love* that! Don't be surprised
> > if it takes a while...
> >
> > As to why we aren't calling it VTK 6.0, I haven't really personally
> > given it much thought. The automatic rollover to the next even minor number
> > seems good to me. Proclaiming it "6.0" sounds like a reasonable idea,
> > although for people buying the books, it might be more "warm/fuzzy" to have
> > a VTK 5 book and a 5.2 software install vs. a 5 book and a 6 software
> > install...
> >
> > Anybody else have a strong opinion either way on the 5.2/6.0 thought?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/29/08, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > David,
> > >
> > > I have a script that we run on itk to generate a wiki-compatible list
> > > of new classes, tests etc.I also have a script that generates a
> > > wiki-compatible list of changes. Both take a start and end date as an
> > > argument. They are unix shell scripts with two small gawk programs,
> > >
> > > The itk list looks like this: http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Release_3.4
> > >
> > > If you want, I can add links to the vtk equivalents on the VTK release
> > > page on the vtk wiki.
> > >
> > > What date do you consider VTK5.2 started? Looking at the repository I
> > > think September 8, 2005 may be the date just after VTK5.0.
> > >
> > > One last comment. Is there a reason that this release is not called
> > > 6.0? It seems that with over 300 new classes and 40 removed classes
> > > that this release is more than an upgrade from VTK5.0.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> >
> >
>
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