[vtk-developers] KdTree FindPointsWithinRadius

[Gelas, Arnaud Joel Florent]

Hi David,

I think using surveymonkey, or similar tool, for this purpose sounds great! But I guess it could be used for small feature like this one...

An alternative would be to use gerrit (as it is going to be done for ITK).
http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK/Gerrit

Note: I may be a good idea to start a new thread to discuss with all developers about these issues, since it is not related anymore to the KdTree implementation...

Arnaud

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From: vtk-developers-bounces at vtk.org [vtk-developers-bounces at vtk.org] On Behalf Of David Doria [daviddoria+vtk at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:15 AM
Cc: VTK Developers
Subject: Re: [vtk-developers] KdTree FindPointsWithinRadius

Because I bet it is a common thing that many users have to deal with fighting all of the time. It just seems like it should be provided. What would be the harm in giving access a few ways?

David

Ok so we have 1 yay and 1 nay - any other comments?

I would like to propose that we standardize some kind of voting system for "thumbs up/thumbs down" type of feature additions like this. What always seems to happen without this type of system is someone posts a suggestion, a couple of people make small comments, and then it dies. There is no reason small things like this should take more than a day or two to "accept", "accept with major revisions", or "reject" - but they seem to take months.

I have created a vote for the new FindPointsWithinRadius function here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GNFMZ8K

The problem may remain that very few people vote (the same as very few people reply on the mailing list). There needs to be a system where if no one votes then the default action is to move forward. I support adding things unless someone is opposed (with a good reason) versus NOT adding things unless lots of people are actively supportive.

David