[vtk-developers] Remote Modules

[David E DeMarle]

+1

The improvements to customization and contribution goals of the NIH VTK
maintenance grant should cover our time at kitware to do it. We just have
to find the time to actually get it done.


David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909


On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 6:43 PM, David Cole <dlrdave at aol.com> wrote:

> This is a good idea... +1, thumbs up, *and* retweet!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
> To: VTK Developers <vtk-developers at vtk.org>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 13, 2014 4:19 pm
> Subject: [vtk-developers] Remote Modules
>
>
> Folks,
>
> ITK has a great mechanism to bring in external contributions. They are
> called Remote Modules. In a nut shell, you provide a small description
> of where to get the remote itk modules. For example:
> #
> # ITK WikiExamples
> #  This remote module require a VTK build
> #  The following CMake variable must be set for the ITK build
> #
> # Check for requires cmake variables
>
> itk_fetch_module(WikiExamples
>  "A collection of examples that illustrate how to use ITK."
>  GIT_REPOSITORY
> https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITKWikiExamples.git
> # June 13, 2014
>  GIT_TAG b14135585268b26a856becbe642de25a08359c04
>  )
>
> Then. cmake discovers the module and its itk-module.cmake file and
> treats the contributon as a first class module (if turned on).
>
> The mechanism is described here:
> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK/Policy_and_Procedures_for_
> Adding_Remote_Modules
>
> The knowledge base for this resides at Kitware. I suspect that
> something similar could be added to VTK.
>
> Bill
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