[vtk-developers] Kits and Python wrapping

[Ben Boeckel]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:10:51 -0600, David Gobbi wrote:
> I'm trying to get a better understanding of how the VTK_ENABLE_KITS build
> works, but when I tried the build myself, I saw link errors.  This is with
> yesterday's master (4c17357).
> 
> ==
> VTK_ENABLE_KITS:BOOL=ON
> VTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON
> 
> make vtkWrapping

We have a +kits+python build on mun. Why isn't it failing? Windows-ism?

> Also, I'm wondering about the name "vtkWrapping" for the kit.  It seems
> that this kit isn't actually for "Wrapping" but rather is meant to include
> Python-related modules like vtkFiltersPython.  Maybe the kit should be
> called something like "vtkPython" or "vtkPythonSupport"?

That sounds good. I was mainly using the parent directory when naming
kits; was probably on auto-pilot here :) .

--Ben