On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Christophe Prud'homme
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thomas,
>
> Thank you for your input,
>
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Thomas Weber
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Package: paraview
>> Version: 3.2.2-1
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just removed vtk and was surprsied that paraview wasn't removed by
>> dependencies. It seems paraview uses its own internal copy of VTK.
>>
>> Any chance of using the packaged vtk package instead?
>
> I don't think so no
>
> Both, paraview and vtk are developed by kitware. They ship their own
> version of vtk with paraview to ensure compatibility and avoid
> nightmares when developing both software.
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience

Yes, as Christophe said, unfortunately even Kitware ships their own
vtk with paraview, so unless there is enough manpower in Debian to
maintain paraview with our vtk version, it won't happen, becuase
neither me or Christophe has time for this.

Ondrej



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