Bug#654839: paraview should depend on libvtk5-dev

[Steve M. Robbins]

On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 10:22:36AM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:

> Really it boils down to two things:
> - What is upstream position on this ? If upstream really do want to
> release  paraview on fixed schedule, with backward compatible code so
> that people can build paraview with the latest stable vtk. Then I
> would say, go for it. debian/paraview will be a
> 'paraview-with-stable-vtk' package.

> This is of course my point of view, and I am open to others.

I agree with Mathieu's analysis.  

My opinion is that the most fruitful path is to open a dialog with
upstream with the objective that Paraview be distributed with a
build-time option to use a "system VTK" and obtaining their buy-in to
support it.

Regards,
-Steve
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