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

[Bill Lorensen]

David,

Yes, I should check the removed class output. For itk, we don't remove
classes once they have been released, so this part of my script is new and
may need some work.

Bill


On Jan 29, 2008 3:02 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> Some of them were also added since 5.0 and then removed or moved and so
> are not officially in *any* release.
>
>
>
> On 1/29/08, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > Looks to me that over 40 classes were removed. Some of these may have
> > been moved, my script does not take that into account.
> > http://www.itk.org/Wiki/New52Classes#Removed_Classes_in_this_Release
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > On Jan 29, 2008 2:31 PM, Mike Jackson <imikejackson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Probably depends on how much API breakage there is. Usually patch
> > > releases should not break APIs, or at least this should be kept to a
> > > minimum. Just something to think about.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > 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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