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Subject:    Re: [vtk-developers] Backport for VTK 5.10.2
From:       David Gobbi <david.gobbi () gmail ! com>
Date:       2013-12-11 18:05:11
Message-ID: CANwS1=Ej4V2FBOut1hZJ_yGpNjRwFMaBnjfTthheKgpRMfJzkQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Andrew Maclean
<andrew.amaclean@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with you David. There will be a lot of maintenance issues including
> allocating resources for support if you go down the track of supporting
> different versions of VTK.

It seem that Jean-Christophe is talking about just a handful of
patches so that people can keep their current VTK 5 apps on life
support for a year or two while they work towards VTK 6.  It's not as
if people can do the switch overnight... it takes time, and people
need a workable solution in the interim (something more than just
"make sure it compiles".)  It's very common to have a short period of
parallel maintenance after a major version change.  I was dismayed
(even a bit shocked) when the VTK 5 branch was closed before VTK 6 was
even released.

I'm willing to help in backporting and reviewing patches, just as I
have done for so many other maintenance release of VTK, but it's kind
of pointless when the gatekeepers are going to block anything from
going in.

  David
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