[vtk-developers] announce: vtk 6.2.0 release candidate 1 is ready

[Marcus D. Hanwell]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Sean McBride <sean at rogue-research.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:36:12 -0500, Marcus D. Hanwell said:
>
>>Why make more than one RC if there are no
>>critical flaws discovered?
>
> No disagreement there.  But if the 1 rc period lasts only 4 business days (it was announced late Monday), there's *insufficient time* to look for flaws.

Agreed, I have been really busy with other things and didn't
appreciate this. Hopefully we can extend it out a day or two - would
that offer enough time?
>
> VTK 6.1 was released 13 months ago.  Why the rush to declare 6.2 final?
>
These things are always a balancing act, and we would like to increase
the release frequency so that we avoid this 13 month cycles. Thanks
for your feedback, and all of your contributions to VTK.

Marcus