[vtkusers] Status of Python 3 wrapping support

[Marco Nawijn]

Hi David,

Well, to be honest, there is no strict requirement to use Python 3
at the moment. On the other hand, developments on the 2.7 branch
are stopped (although bug-fixes and support will remain for a while).

All other packages we use (numpy/matplotlib/lxml etc.) have now been
ported to Python 3, so for me it is about time to make the transfer. As
mentioned in my first e-mail, VTK is the only package holding me back.

When the time comes (for you) feel free to contact me. For sure I can
help (and are willing) to make the tests and examples work for both
versions. I can also help in building the wrapper code itself, but I would
need a little help to get started.

Would it be an idea to make a wiki entry for the wrapping with the steps
outlined and some status/planning information for each step?

Regards,

Marco








On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 2:55 PM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Marco,
>
> Can you give your reasons for requiring Python 3?
>
> I want to add Python 3 support, but I'm busy with other projects
> that are much higher priority.  So I will probably not add support for
> Python 3 until it becomes the primary python shipped with OS X
> (because OS X is the platform that I'm developing products on these
> days).  The latest release of OS X still uses python 2.7.
>
> When the time comes, I'll require a lot of help to convert all of the
> VTK python tests and examples so that they are compatible with
> both python 2 and python 3.
>
>  - David
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Marco Nawijn <nawijn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Is there any recent news on the status of the Python 3 wrapping support
> for VTK?
> > This is the final package that forces me to stay on Python 2.7.
> >
> > If you need any help (maybe in documenting or testing) please let me
> know. I have
> > a setup for 32/64 bit Linux (Fedora) and 64 bit Windows 7.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Marco
>
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