[vtkusers] Re: [vtk-developers] VTK 5.2 Release Planning

[Bill Lorensen]

Any API changes should be documented on the Wiki.

Bill

On Jan 28, 2008 3:53 PM, Anka Kochanowska <anka at bic.mni.mcgill.ca> wrote:

> Hi!
> One that I found was in vtkImagePlaneWidget, the actions were renamed:
>
> from:
>  enum
>  {
>    CURSOR_ACTION       = 0,
>    SLICE_MOTION_ACTION = 1,
>    WINDOW_LEVEL_ACTION = 2
>  };
> to:
>  enum
>  {
>    VTK_CURSOR_ACTION       = 0,
>    VTK_SLICE_MOTION_ACTION = 1,
>    VTK_WINDOW_LEVEL_ACTION = 2
>  };
>
> (As I build with both, vtk5.0 and 5.1 I have to use #if
> ((VTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 5 && VTK_MINOR_VERSION > 0)))
>
> Also  there is no  vtkActor::RenderTranslucentGeometry(...), you have to
> replace it  with correct version,  I use
> vtkActor::RenderTranslucentPolygonalGeometry(...)
>
> Anka
>
> Bill Lorensen wrote:
>
> > David,
> >
> > Are there any changes that affect the backward compatibility of the
> > API(either public or protected) since 5.0?
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > 2008/1/28 David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com
> > <mailto:david.cole at kitware.com>>:
> >
> >     Dear VTK users and developers,
> >
> >     We are planning to create the VTK-5-2 branch in about a month
> >     (around the end of February), followed by a month or so of bug
> >     fixing activity, followed by the first release candidate for the
> >     VTK 5.2 release in early April, 2008.
> >
> >     As part of that plan, we would like to ask you, the VTK community,
> >     to contribute to a successful release by doing the following:
> >     - Review the non-resolved bugs in the bug database and make notes
> >     on those you really want to see fixed.
> >     - Help us make the "What's New in VTK 5.2" section of the Wiki
> >     page complete (did we forget something that you know is new in
> >     5.2?) -- contribute to the Wiki at
> >     http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_5.2_Release_Planning
> >     - Help us get (and keep!) the dashboards to a state of blissful
> green.
> >     - Promptly add any newly found bugs or last-minute feature
> >     requests to the bug database.
> >     - Keep reading and responding to the mailing lists.
> >
> >     We will be triaging the bug database to prioritize which bugs we
> >     will fix. If you would like to see a particular bug addressed
> >     before we release 5.2, please visit the bug database and "vote"
> >     for that bug sometime in the next week or two. To "vote", visit
> >     http://public.kitware.com/Bug, sign in (or sign up for an account
> >     and then sign in), and add a note to any bug that you would like
> >     to see fixed. That will show us what the interest level is in
> >     fixing that particular bug. Obviously, bugs with little or no
> >     interest expressed are less likely to be addressed than bugs with
> >     much interest expressed.
> >
> >     New features in VTK since the 5.0 release include:
> >     - Infovis kit
> >     - Views kit
> >     - New Widgets architecture and more than a dozen new widgets
> >     - New Utilities: freerange, verdict, libxml2, metaio, sqlite
> >     - Updated Utilities: freetype, zlib
> >     - More than 300 new C++ classes.
> >     - More than 100 new C++ tests running on most dashboards
> >     - Many bug fixes, including much improved Java wrapping support
> >     and Mac OSX support
> >
> >     For all of us VTK-ers at Kitware and around the world, thanks for
> >     your continued contributions,
> >     David Cole
> >     Kitware, Inc.
> >
> >
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