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

[Amine Aboufirass]

Hi All,

Thanks for your responses. I do make good use of the documentation. Let's
see how far I can get.

Regards,

Amine




On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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