Hi Dominique! Thanks a lot for proposing to work on vtk9! Really appreciated.
I agree with everything Drew said. Just two extra notes from me: - Please think carefully if renaming the binary package really brings any real benefit. - Not all dependent packages have switched to Qt6 yet. Please make sure they still build fine. For example, yade does not support Qt6 upstream yet. I can remember from the qt3-qt4 migration, both versions where supported for some time. Thanks again Best regards Anton Am Di., 23. Sept. 2025 um 13:14 Uhr schrieb Drew Parsons <[email protected]>: > > On 2025-09-22 23:48, Dominique Belhachemi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Would it make sense to start the process of uploading VTK 9.5.2 to > > experimental or is someone already working on it? > > Uploading to experimental is "always" safe, if no one else has already > started it > (I'm not actively working on it right now myself) > > > I have a few changes in mind > > - Switch to Qt6 > > Good idea to use Qt6 if it builds reliably. > > > - Drop the libvtk9-java package > > I'm neutral on this. In general it's good to support all options than > can reasonably be built and supported. Why would you drop it? > > > - Drop the vtk9-doc package > > I'm strongly against this proposition. > doc packages are generally useful, especially when you want to work in > locations where internet is not available. > Why would you drop the doc package? > > > > - Rename the vtk9 binary package to vtk9-utils, or drop it as well, > > what is it for? > > My general inclination is to be conservative on changing existing > packages, > but in this case you're right, the vtk9 binary package is a little > pointless. > No strong reason not to change it vtk9-utils, that package name makes > more sense for what it provides. > > > > - Drop MPI support > > ?? huh ?? Why would you do this? Don't do this. > > > > - Finally try to link paraview against it > > Curious. Historically upstream showed little interest in making paraview > work with an external VTK, > but they appear to have started thinking about it experimentally, > https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge_requests/10315 > > https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/22335#note_1434637 > Great if you can get it to work. > > Drew >
