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

[David Cole]

Some of them were also added since 5.0 and then removed or moved and so are
not officially in *any* release.


On 1/29/08, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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