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* Substantially improved support for composite data objects | * Substantially improved support for composite data objects | ||
* New Utilities: freerange, verdict, libxml2, metaio, sqlite | * New Utilities: freerange, verdict, libxml2, metaio, sqlite | ||
* Updated Utilities: freetype, zlib | * Updated Utilities: freetype, zlib, libtiff | ||
* More than [[New52Classes|300 new C++ classes]]. | * More than [[New52Classes|300 new C++ classes]]. | ||
* More than [[New52Classes#New_Tests_in_this_Release|100 new C++ tests]] running on most dashboards | * More than [[New52Classes#New_Tests_in_this_Release|100 new C++ tests]] running on most dashboards | ||
Latest revision as of 17:24, 2 September 2008
Planned Schedule
- Announcement email: January 28, 2008
- Create VTK-5-2 branch: end of April, 2008
- Merge requested fixes from CVS HEAD
- Release VTK 5.2.0: August 28, 2008
What's New in VTK 5.2?
New features in VTK since the 5.0 release include:
- Infovis kit
- Views kit
- New Widgets architecture and more than a dozen new widgets
- New infrastructure for selection of arbitrary subsets
- Substantially improved support for composite data objects
- New Utilities: freerange, verdict, libxml2, metaio, sqlite
- Updated Utilities: freetype, zlib, libtiff
- More than 300 new C++ classes.
- More than 100 new C++ tests running on most dashboards
- Improvements to PLY file support
- Many bug fixes, including much improved Java wrapping support
- Mac OS X-specific fixes
- Defaults to building using Cocoa instead of Carbon
- Can now be compiled against the 10.5 SDK
- Can now be built as a Universal Binary
- Initial support for Resolution Independence in 10.5
API Changes
See this section in the Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
