[Insight-users] Status of the ITK 3.18 Release

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Wagner,


           Thanks a lot,

            That's an offer that we can not reject     :-)


Please find attached the patch of what I have experimented so far.

(It still needs a lot of work to get it to compile, and then we have
to run it to see if we get similar numerical outputs).

(You have to apply this patch to a CVS updated version of ITK).


The core of the matter is:

1) Removes some classes from VXL
    Notably:     <vnl/algo/vnl_lsqr.h> and
     itkFEMLinearSystemWrapperVNL.h

2) Attempts to create a new class
    itkFEMLinearSystemWrapperSparse.h

3) Attempts to use this new class as a
    replacement for
     itkFEMLinearSystemWrapperVNL.h



BTW:
Do you have CVS write access to ITK ?
If not, just let me know and we will set you up,


Let me know if you have any questions,
(I'm sure there is a lot that I'm missing
to describe in this email).



     Thanks


          Luis


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On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Wagner Sales <wsales at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> After a quick look at the list of proposed solutions, I think I can
> contribute in one way: download the proposed libs and try about the
> build system. When I tell try about the build systems, I'm meaning:
> 1 - see if are cmakefied or not ( some of the libs don't have mention
> about this )
> 2 - try to measure the effort to do this job
>
> If you wants some contributions about this, just ask me and I try to
> download and test this on my machine. I can see the packages
> availability for some Linux distros, but for now I have only linux
> boxes.  Since I'm not an expert in the math field proposed by this
> libs, you can tell me a list of strongest candidates.
>
> Regards,
> Wagner
>
>
> 2010/3/1 Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>:
>> Hi John,
>>
>> The ITK 3.18 release is stuck on finding a replacement
>> for the linear solvers that we use from VNL/VXL.
>>
>> The code that we are currently using for solving linear
>> equations is copyrighted by ACM and its license precludes
>> commercial use. (therefore it is not compatible with ITK's
>> license, and has to be removed).
>>
>> We have been looking at another linear solvers, but have
>> not got to the point where we have a suitable replacement.
>>
>> You will find a summary of our exploration in the following
>> Wiki page:
>>
>> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/Proposals:Sparse_Linear_Solvers
>>
>>
>> We will appreciate any suggestions,
>>
>>
>>       Thanks,
>>
>>
>>              Luis
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:06 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>> The agenda for tomorrow's tcon has been posted at:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/Agenda%26Status_120309
>>>>
>>>> It includes a suggested list of items to work on
>>>> for the release of ITK 3.18 by January 2010.
>>>>
>>>
>>> BTW, What happened to this release?
>>>
>>> John
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