Re: libvtk

[Anton Gladky <gladk@debian.org>]

Hi Mathieu,

thanks for the note. You are right, we should probably have it as a separate
source package.

Anton

2013/9/12 Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org>:
> Anton,
>
>  Here is my two cents, given the large number of API/ABI changes, I
> doubt most rdepends will actually compile.
>  Again *IMHO*, I would have upload vtk5.x one last time, and provide
> vtk6 as a separate source package (see what happen with tiff4/5 for
> example), to allow for a smooth transition. As stated before, I will
> not get involved in this process, so feel free to handle it the way
> you think is right.
>
> 2cts
>
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Anton Gladky <gladk@debian.org> wrote:
>> I have started to package v6.0, but I am not sure, when it will be packaged.
>> From my point of view, there is no big reasons to upload 5.10.
>>
>> Anton
>>
>> 2013/9/11 Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org>:
>>> [top post sorry]
>>>
>>> As i explained, I was talking about vtk 5.10.1, I have no clue how
>>> hard it is to package vtk 6.0.0