[vtkusers] Announce: vtk 8.0.0.rc2 ready for testing

[David E DeMarle]

We appreciate the reminder.

We did consider that issue in rc2 but are unsure yet if a fix will be in
time for 8.0.0. If not, we'll make a .1 patch release as soon as the fix is
in master.

Thanks

On Friday, June 9, 2017, Elvis Stansvik <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com>
wrote:

> Hi Sankhesh,
>
> Nice to see rc2 out, it has a fix for a problem I reported (thanks!). I'll
> update our software probably later today.
>
> See below though.
>
> Den 8 juni 2017 10:33 em skrev "Sankhesh Jhaveri" <
> sankhesh.jhaveri at kitware.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sankhesh.jhaveri at kitware.com');>>:
> >
> > The VTK maintenance team is happy to announce that the second release
> candidate has been tagged for VTK 8.0.
> >
> > You can find the source, data and documentation tarballs here:
> >
> > http://www.vtk.org/download/#candidate
> >
> > Changes new to this release candidate include
> >
> > Deprecated vtkFiltersMatlab and vtkFiltersStatisticsGnuR modules
> > Removes deprecated classes like vtkStreamer, vtkStreamPoints and
> vtkStreamLine
> >
> > Take a look at the VTK wiki for a complete list of API changes in v8.0.0
> over the previous version.
> >
> > Please try this version of VTK and report any issues to the VTK mailing
> list or the bug tracker so that we can try to address them before the VTK
> 8.0.0 final. Kindly set the 8.0 milestone on the issues and merge requests
> to ensure that they are tracked during the remainder of the 8.0 release
> process.
>
> Just wanted to remind about
>
> https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/issues/17058
>
> which I think should be a blocker for 8.0.0. I couldn't find a way to set
> the milestone when I reported, but I guess I just don't have the necessary
> bits.
>
> Just wanted to promote this issue a little, as I was afraid it was falling
> through the cracks.
>
> Thanks,
> Elvis
>
> Further, please base / rebase all 8.0 target branches off of the
> v8.0.0.rc2 tag (or earlier) to ensure minimal merge conflicts with the
> release branch.
> >
> > As always, contact Kitware and the mailing lists for assistance.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > VTK Maintenance Team
> >
> > ​
> > --
> > Sankhesh Jhaveri
> > Sr. Research & Development Engineer | Kitware | (518) 881-4417
> > ​
> >
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