[vtk-developers] Up-to-date vtk-master debs?

[Kyle Edwards]

Elvis,

Unfortunately, we're still a few months out from being able to complete
this. That being said, if anyone wants to volunteer to help, I do have
a plan of action for finishing this project. Email me and I can give
more details of what needs to be done.

The biggest holdup at the moment is that VTK recently switched to a new
module system which changes how it gets built. The packaging will have
to be updated to account for this. It's also not a set-it-and-forget-it 
kind of thing - VTK is constantly changing and evolving, and we will
always have to update the packaging as both VTK and Debian change. I
wrote dh-cmake and added CTest dashboard functionality to make this
easier, but there's still some work that has to go into the packaging
to get it up to snuff with Debian policies.

Kyle

On Wed, 2018-12-19 at 08:13 +0100, Elvis Stansvik wrote:
> Den lör 10 nov. 2018 kl 09:16 skrev Elvis Stansvik
> <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com>:
> > 
> > 
> > Den ons 7 nov. 2018 kl 20:48 skrev Elvis Stansvik
> > <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com>:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > The blog series about the Debian packaging back in July [1]
> > > mentioned
> > > that a nightly builds of VTK would be packaged as vtk-master, but
> > > the
> > > package currently in the APT repo (https://apt.kitware.com/)
> > > seems to
> > > be to be from July 6.
> > > 
> > > Anyone if nightly builds will become available at some point, or
> > > if
> > > the initiative was cancelled?
> > > 
> > > Would be absolutely fantastic if nightly packages were available,
> > > for
> > > testing purposes ahead of releases.
> > I found now that the source package kept at
> > https://gitlab.kitware.com/debian/vtk seems to be up-to-date
> > (current
> > version is 2018.11.10-0kw1).
> > 
> > But the version in the repo is 2018.07.06-0kw1 (see
> > https://apt.kitware.com/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages
> > ).
> > 
> > Have the package builds stopped?
> Replying to myself here. I'm guessing since no one has answered, this
> initiative has been put on hold or been canceled? Any chance it'll be
> revived?
> 
> Cheers,
> Elvis
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Elvis
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Elvis
> > > 
> > > [1] https://blog.kitware.com/rethinking-debian-packaging-for-vtk-
> > > and-other-cmake-projects-part-1/
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