[vtkusers] vtk 4.2 and 4.4 install problems on Mac OS X Tiger; event handling problems

[Sean McBride]

On 2005-09-23 08:45, Chris Scharver said:

>> > Post back if 5.0 doesn't fix it.
>>
>> As soon as vtk-5.0 really exists, there will also be a Fink package. It
>> is somewhat frustrating to hear all this talk about vtk-5.0 and not
>> seeing it released. CVS is not an option for a Fink package; we need a
>> non-moving target.
>
>DarwinPorts is facing the same issue--although CVS support is
>available, it's strongly discouraged. Perhaps we could create a
>snapshot tarball and both fink and DP could use that? One problem with
>snapshots is finding a place to host them. I haven't recompiled VTK on
>my laptop for a while, but maybe I should give the 5.0 branch a try,
>as another problem is choosing a snapshot that's rather reliable..

I believe 5.0 is pretty reliable; they have branched 5.0 into a separate
tree, and I think the release should be fairly soon.

Anyone from kitware care to estimate the release date?

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