VTK 5.4 Release Planning

Planned Schedule

• Preparation email: January 19, 2008
  • On the developers' mailing list
• Create VTK-5-4 branch: beginning of February, 2009
• Release VTK 5.4.0: as soon after branching as practical according to the dashboards

What's New in VTK 5.4?

New features in VTK since the 5.2 release include:

• Geovis kit
• Updated Utilities: freetype (now at 2.3.7)
• More than XX new C++ classes.
• More than YY new C++ tests running on most dashboards

API Changes

No known significant API changes compared to 5.2

OpenGL requirements

Same as VTK 5.2: See this section in the Frequently asked questions (FAQ)