[vtk-developers] heads up - vtk 8.1 branch is coming soon

[David E DeMarle]

Long term plan is for 9.0 after 8.1 and we expect 8.1 in sometime in spring.

The PythonD change seems worthy of 9.0 to me. We'll be OK to put it into
master as soon as the 8.1 branch happens.


David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
Principal Engineer
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Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 5:56 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have my patch that eliminates the "PythonD" libraries from all the
> modules:
> https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/merge_requests/3075
>
> However, it might be best to delay it until VTK 9, since it requires
> non-trivial changes to all third-party packages that rely on VTK's Python
> wrapping tools.  For example, this is what is needed to make Paraview work
> with the changes:
> https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge_requests/1831/diffs
>
> What's the long-term release plan?  Is 9.0 imminent, or are there going to
> be more 8.x releases after 8.1?
>
>  - David
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 3:23 PM, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone have work in progress that should delay the branch point for
>> 8.1? Does anyone know of any critical bugs that we need to resolve right
>> now?
>>
>> If so, please add the 8.1 milestone on any relevant merge requests or bug
>> reports so we know when we can get started.
>>
>> We are hoping to get 8.1 started by November 16th.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> The VTK Maintenance Team
>>
>
>
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