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

[Elvis Stansvik]

Alright, thanks for the update Kyle! I can imagine the new module
system will have some consequences for the packaging.

I may have time to help, but mostly with testing, as I'm no seasoned
Debian packager myself.

BTW, do you know if the packages would in the end work with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?

Elvis
Den ons 19 dec. 2018 kl 15:49 skrev Kyle Edwards <kyle.edwards at kitware.com>:
>
> 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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