Lester, ParaView 4.4 won't have any major OpenGL related changes so it should work on platforms ParaView 4.3 or earlier worked. ParaView 5 (with its use of OpenGL 2.1/3.2 features) should indeed still work on Windows 7/8 with relatively modern drivers. Note, OpenGL 3.2 is still quite old (~2009). If you're using remote-desktop, however, you may want to switch to using VNC. Remote desktop uses a software OpenGL implementation, which (when last I checked) was only OpenGL 1.1 compatible.
(cc-ing Ken to correct me if I am mistaken) Utkarsh On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 6:50 PM Lester Anderson <arctica1...@gmail.com> wrote: > With reference to OpenGL, will the new updates via 4,4 or 5 be compatible > with Windows 7(or 8) or does it expect a newer version of OpenGL on the > target system? > thanks > > On 17 July 2015 at 19:29, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com> > wrote: > >> Folks, >> >> Since we're getting close to the next release, I just wanted to send out >> an email to let everyone know how we're planning to do the next release. >> >> + We'll do a ParaView 4.4 release will all features/fixes planned for the >> next release. This will use the older rendering code (same as previous >> release) that doesn't using OpenGL 2+ features. >> >> + Following the same pattern as VTK, soon after (at the same time, if >> possible), we'll release ParaView 5.0. This will be ParaView 4.4 but with >> OpenGL2 backend. >> >> The main reason for this separation would be to have a fallback in case >> showstopper issues are noticed with the major rendering changes and for >> legacy systems that don't have a newer OpenGL. >> >> Any thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? If things go according to plan, >> release candidates should start popping up mid/late August. >> >> Utkarsh >> >> p.s. Originally, we also intended to upgrade ParaView 5.0 to use Qt 5, >> by default. However, there are a few outstanding issues with Qt 5 (some in >> Qt 5 itself, and some in our testing code) and hence the upgrade to Qt 5 >> has been tabled for now. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> >> >
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