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

[David E DeMarle]

Never tell me the odds Goldenrod!

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
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On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 8:19 PM, David Cole via vtk-developers <
vtk-developers at vtk.org> wrote:

> Just some real-world data to consider:
>
> For the past three VTK releases (5.10, 6.0 and 6.1), here are the
> stats, based on the tags in the git repo.
>
> average number of release candidates before a release's "final"
> (x.x.0) release: 3
> average number of days between consecutive release candidates: 16
> average number of days from rc1 to final release: 40
> average number of days between x-rc1 and (x+1)-rc1: 357
>
> I would think such readily available data ought to be considered when
> determining the schedule for a set of release candidates. Even by
> those whose hair is geometrically challenged. ;-)
>
> Based on historical data, I would expect the final release of VTK
> 6.2.0 to land around Feb. 16th + 40, or approximately March 28th.
>
>
> Thanks for the efforts. I am particularly looking forward to the
> OpenGL2 backend becoming a reality, even if it is still experimental
> for this release.
>
> Thx,
> David C.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Will Schroeder
> <will.schroeder at kitware.com> wrote:
> > There is also the pointy-haired management concern. That is, we are
> coming
> > up to the end of Year 2 NIH funding for VTK Maintenance. We have a report
> > due in mid-March and I want to make it as strong as possible so we can
> > continue doing other great work along the lines of OpenGL2, interaction,
> > community, and medical data integration. Being able to talk about a
> release
> > makes me very happy, and it will honor the investment that NIH is making
> > into VTK.
> >
> > W
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Marcus D. Hanwell
> > <marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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
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