[Insight-developers] Strawman: ITK 3 tag to use with slicer

[Bill Lorensen]

Folks,

We have been discussing multiple issues in this thread. I propose the
following strawman (my knowledge of all of the different config
possibilities is limited):

1) ITK 3.20, should build with gcc4.6. Apparently Debian is using gcc4.6.
    We should apply the minimum patches to ITK 3.20 to compile with
4.6. These seem to be a small number of changes.

2) The specialised patches to ITK 3.20 (e.g. 64 bit support) required
for Slicer3/4 can be delivered via the Slicer3/4 superbuild mechanism.

3) Slicer4 patches to ITKv4 should follow the procedures to add
changes to ITK:
http://itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Release_4/New_Code_Contribution_Process . The
goal will be to have Slicer4 build/test with ITKv4.

Slicer is an important ITK customer and the Slicer/ITK community has
large overlap and funding.

Let's refine these topics and come to consensus.

Bill