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# Remote modules (Lorensen) | # Remote modules (Lorensen) | ||
## generally how to increase community engagement | |||
## description of remotes mechanism which is the simple insertion of a file in the Remotes subdirectory which specifies location and git tag. The build process pulls down the repository and builds ir. An adaptation of ITK's approach. | |||
# Works in progress / Cool new features | # Works in progress / Cool new features | ||
## VTK-m | ## VTK-m description by Ken Moreland: efficient support for many- multi-core devices and libraries. | ||
## Zero-Copy, data model updates (Geveci) | ## Zero-Copy, data model updates (Geveci) to reduce memory costs and couple with simulation and other external data structures. | ||
## Python 3.0 support (Gobbi, others) | ## Python 3.0 support (Gobbi, others) which is being worked on now. David will focus on v3.2 to take advantage of new VTK features. | ||
## VTK Maintenance - OpenGL2 and interaction efforts (Geveci,Schroeder) | ## VTK Maintenance - OpenGL2 and interaction efforts (Geveci,Schroeder). Need to go beyond the basic VTK rendering architecture and extend it towards extensible OpenGL support. | ||
## Parallel efforts (vtkSMPTools, OpenMP, etc) (Schroeder,Geveci) | ## Parallel efforts (vtkSMPTools, OpenMP, etc) (Schroeder,Geveci) | ||
# Release schedule | # Release schedule | ||
## Philosophical arguments: Backward compatibility & aggressive release schedule | ## Philosophical arguments: Backward compatibility & aggressive release schedule | ||
## v6.3 | ## v6.3 - next 1-2 weeks | ||
## v7.0 | ## v7.0 - about a month after v6.3 | ||
## v8.0 | ## v8.0 | ||
Latest revision as of 23:54, 9 July 2015
July 9, 2015
Notes:
- Remote modules (Lorensen)
- generally how to increase community engagement
- description of remotes mechanism which is the simple insertion of a file in the Remotes subdirectory which specifies location and git tag. The build process pulls down the repository and builds ir. An adaptation of ITK's approach.
- Works in progress / Cool new features
- VTK-m description by Ken Moreland: efficient support for many- multi-core devices and libraries.
- Zero-Copy, data model updates (Geveci) to reduce memory costs and couple with simulation and other external data structures.
- Python 3.0 support (Gobbi, others) which is being worked on now. David will focus on v3.2 to take advantage of new VTK features.
- VTK Maintenance - OpenGL2 and interaction efforts (Geveci,Schroeder). Need to go beyond the basic VTK rendering architecture and extend it towards extensible OpenGL support.
- Parallel efforts (vtkSMPTools, OpenMP, etc) (Schroeder,Geveci)
- Release schedule
- Philosophical arguments: Backward compatibility & aggressive release schedule
- v6.3 - next 1-2 weeks
- v7.0 - about a month after v6.3
- v8.0
