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

[Bill Lorensen]

David,

I updated http://www.itk.org/Wiki/New52Classes with the auto generated
results. If you see obvious errors or omissions let me know. I can tweak the
script.

The changed output is much too large and probably overkill, so I did not
include that.

Bill

On Jan 29, 2008 2:26 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> This revision of VTK/CMakeLists.txt was the first commit to the VTK-5-0
> branch:
>   revision 1.341.2.1
>   date: 2005-09-01 16:49:44 +0000;  author: david.cole;  state: Exp;
> lines: +2 -2
>   ENH: Update version numbers in the VTK-5-0 branch to 5.0.
>
> Sept. 1, 2005 was the first VTK-5-0 commit activity after the branch
> creation.
>
> For the purpose of running your script on VTK, I would say changes since
> then in CVS HEAD are "new in VTK 5.2" -- feel free to run your script and
> post the results to the Wiki -- I would *love* that! Don't be surprised if
> it takes a while...
>
> As to why we aren't calling it VTK 6.0, I haven't really personally given
> it much thought. The automatic rollover to the next even minor number seems
> good to me. Proclaiming it "6.0" sounds like a reasonable idea, although
> for people buying the books, it might be more "warm/fuzzy" to have a VTK 5
> book and a 5.2 software install vs. a 5 book and a 6 software install...
>
> Anybody else have a strong opinion either way on the 5.2/6.0 thought?
>
>
>
>
> On 1/29/08, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > David,
> >
> > I have a script that we run on itk to generate a wiki-compatible list of
> > new classes, tests etc.I also have a script that generates a
> > wiki-compatible list of changes. Both take a start and end date as an
> > argument. They are unix shell scripts with two small gawk programs,
> >
> > The itk list looks like this: http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Release_3.4
> >
> > If you want, I can add links to the vtk equivalents on the VTK release
> > page on the vtk wiki.
> >
> > What date do you consider VTK5.2 started? Looking at the repository I
> > think September 8, 2005 may be the date just after VTK5.0.
> >
> > One last comment. Is there a reason that this release is not called 6.0?
> > It seems that with over 300 new classes and 40 removed classes that this
> > release is more than an upgrade from VTK5.0.
> >
> > Bill
> >
>
>
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