[vtkusers] Re: [vtk-developers] VTK 5.2 Release Planning

[Bill Lorensen]

Mike,

Looks to me that over 40 classes were removed. Some of these may have been
moved, my script does not take that into account.
http://www.itk.org/Wiki/New52Classes#Removed_Classes_in_this_Release

Bill


On Jan 29, 2008 2:31 PM, Mike Jackson <imikejackson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Probably depends on how much API breakage there is. Usually patch
> releases should not break APIs, or at least this should be kept to a
> minimum. Just something to think about.
>
> Mike
>
> On Jan 29, 2008 2:26 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> > Bill,
> >
> > This revision of VTK/CMakeLists.txt was the first commit to the VTK-5-0
> > branch:
> >   revision 1.341.2.1
> >   date: 2005-09-01 16:49:44 +0000;  author: david.cole;  state: Exp;
>  lines:
> > +2 -2
> >   ENH: Update version numbers in the VTK-5-0 branch to 5.0.
> >
> > Sept. 1, 2005 was the first VTK-5-0 commit activity after the branch
> > creation.
> >
> > For the purpose of running your script on VTK, I would say changes since
> > then in CVS HEAD are "new in VTK 5.2" -- feel free to run your script
> and
> > post the results to the Wiki -- I would *love* that! Don't be surprised
> if
> > it takes a while...
> >
> > As to why we aren't calling it VTK 6.0, I haven't really personally
> given it
> > much thought. The automatic rollover to the next even minor number seems
> > good to me. Proclaiming it "6.0" sounds like a reasonable idea, although
> for
> > people buying the books, it might be more "warm/fuzzy" to have a VTK 5
> book
> > and a 5.2 software install vs. a 5 book and a 6 software install...
> >
> > Anybody else have a strong opinion either way on the 5.2/6.0 thought?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/29/08, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > David,
> > >
> > > I have a script that we run on itk to generate a wiki-compatible list
> of
> > new classes, tests etc.I also have a script that generates a
> wiki-compatible
> > list of changes. Both take a start and end date as an argument. They are
> > unix shell scripts with two small gawk programs,
> > >
> > > The itk list looks like this: http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Release_3.4
> > >
> > > If you want, I can add links to the vtk equivalents on the VTK release
> > page on the vtk wiki.
> > >
> > > What date do you consider VTK5.2 started? Looking at the repository I
> > think September 8, 2005 may be the date just after VTK5.0.
> > >
> > > One last comment. Is there a reason that this release is not called
> 6.0?
> > It seems that with over 300 new classes and 40 removed classes that this
> > release is more than an upgrade from VTK5.0.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> >
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