[vtkusers] [vtk-developers] Getting 0 response for all my questions

[Bill Lorensen]

Also, almost of the examples in the VTK Book have been  translated to
C++ and Python. The C++ examples are here:
https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/VTKBookFigures/

he VTKExamples has hundreds for examples, mainly C++ and Python.
https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/Cxx/

Enjoy,

Bill

On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 4:56 AM, Todd via vtkusers <vtkusers at vtk.org> wrote:
> Hi Paul
>
> My response was not intended to be heartless. I was merely pointing out that
> people on the mailing list may simply ignore questions which are not
> specific and that is what appears to be happening. I made no judgment on
> whether that was reasonable.
>
> On 8 Dec 2017 10:18 p.m., Paul Korir <pkorir at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Dear Amine,
>
> While Todd's response is logically correct, I think it is heartless and
> undermines the whole point of an open source community.
>
> I can understand your disappointment that you have not received any
> response. It might even be because, as Todd stated, that your queries are
> too broad. However, I think with a bit more info you can put yourself if a
> better position by going through the examples in the now freely available
> documentation which is of a very high standard. It seems to me that within
> the documentation you can find good enough hints to your questions to solve
> them or ultimately frame them in a way that invites more responses.
>
> Don't despair. Keep at it. For every heartless comment there will be some
> that spur you on to keep going.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Paul K. Korir, PhD
> Scientific Programmer
> EMBL-EBI
> 01223494422
>
> On 08/12/2017 08:30, Todd via vtkusers wrote:
>
> Hi Amine
>
> Since it is a mailing list and not a support service, no one is obliged to
> respond at all.
>
> I would suppose your questions are too general.
>
>
> On 8 Dec 2017 8:43 p.m., Amine Aboufirass <amine.aboufirass at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> In the last month or so, I have sent over 4 detailed messages with
> legitimate queries on vtk functionality to the vtk users mailing list, the
> vtk developers mailing list and also the kitware support line. The kitware
> support always either 1)  refer me back to the mailing lists or 2) propose
> paid support. I am getting no support from the users/developers mailing
> list.
>
> Some of the questions I hve been sending include the following:
>
> subject: ExtractByLocation (sent on 01-Dec-2017)
> subject: write unstructured grid vtk file to query-able database format
> (sent in 11-Nov-2017)
> subject: trying to extract points by location (sent in 11-Nov-2017)
>  subject: Extracting selection from UnstructuredGridDataset using python
> (sent in 16-Nov-2017)
>
> I believe my questions are appropriate for the mailing list and I do not
> understand why they are not getting any response. I have also checked the
> mailing list options to make sure I am not blocking responses and I don't
> think I am.
>
> Is vtk an open source tool? or does one need to be part of some special
> community to receive support for basic functionality which comes with the
> free package?
>
> Thanks for your consideration and look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Amine
>
>
>
>
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