[vtk-developers] Science module directory

[Will Schroeder]

Sounds good to me,

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Marcus D. Hanwell <
marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:

> I think Domains would be better, and I prefer it to Science. We set
> out very early on that library names would be camel case, and that top
> level groups could only have one word to avoid any confusion.
>
> Unless anyone says anything soon, I would like to proceed with
> Domains. I remember brainstorming some of these with George a few
> weeks ago as we were unhappy with the current layout.
>
> Marcus
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 8:18 AM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Will,
> >
> > "DomainSpecific" captures exactly the right idea.  But maybe shortened
> > to "Domains".  So just like there is a "FiltersGeometry" module, there
> > could be a "DomainsChemistry" module.
> >
> >  - David
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:04 AM, Will Schroeder
> > <will.schroeder at kitware.com> wrote:
> >> George-
> >>
> >> You said it in your email, how about "DomainSpecific" instead of
> "Science" ?
> >> Science is too narrow a term, I can see all sorts of domains that are
> not
> >> really science, more engineering or data-related.
> >>
> >> W
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:50 PM, George Zagaris <
> george.zagaris at kitware.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Moving AMR under Filters seems reasonable. We may need to have AMR and
> >>> ParallelAMR under Filters for serial and parallel implementations
> >>> respectively (right now everything depends on parallel).
> >>>
> >>> I think a top-level "Science" or similar directory would be useful.
> >>> Right now, it is not clear where domain-specific code should go. I can
> >>> see it grow with, Chemistry, Cosmology, CFD, etc.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> George
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Marcus D. Hanwell
> >>> <marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:
> >>> > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:42 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >> Hi All,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> In Modular, I've noticed that Chemistry, Charts, Geovis, AMR only
> have
> >>> >> Core.  I'm wondering if people have opinions about where they could
> >>> >> go, to reduce the number of directories at the root.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> My thoughts are:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Science/Chemistry
> >>> >> Filters/AMR
> >>> >> Rendering/Charts
> >>> >> Rendering/Geovis
> >>> >>
> >>> >> It seems that Views also belongs in Rendering, but it already has
> >>> >> subdirectories other than Core.
> >>> >
> >>> > I was trying to think of a good top level container for some of these
> >>> > modules. I agree that Chemistry, Charts, Geovis and AMR all seem like
> >>> > candidates for being moved. If we had Science that could be good for
> >>> > future growth, although right now swaps one top level for another.
> >>> >
> >>> > If anyone can think of anything appropriate for three or four of them
> >>> > that would be great. There are a lot of modules in Rendering, and I
> >>> > would love to use a different top level for more specialized
> rendering
> >>> > types/implementations.
> >>> >
> >>> > Marcus
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