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

[Stephen Aylward]

Hi,

Using superbuild to apply patches doesn't help create a version of ITK
that can be used with the Debian package of Slicer.

Perhaps the version of ITK being used with Slicer should become ITK
v3.21 instead of cherrypicking from it.   I believe what your are
proposing would only provide one feature difference between ITK3.20
and 3.21, i.e., the ability to compile on gcc4.6 - doesn't seem like a
good reason for a whole new release.   By not including the other
patches that the Slicer folks are providing we loose the chance to
build itk with 64bits and fix other bugs.

s

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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