VTK 9.5.0 Release

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VTK Release Plan

As announced in this post, VTK now follow a regular (calendar-based) release plan.

  • Expect a minor release every 6 months with intermediate patch releases in between, as needed.
  • Depending on the features added to the release, the release may become a major release.
  • The master and release branches will split one month and a half before the scheduled release date. Please ensure that all feature branches are merged before the split.
  • A proposed detailed release plan will be announced a few weeks before each release.

Following this schedule, the next planned releases are as follows:

  • VTK v9.5.0 is planned for May 2025
  • VTK v9.6.0 is planned for December 2025
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Here is the precise planning for VTK v9.5.0 release:

  • 05/12/2025: Release split, no new features will be going into VTK 9.5.0 after this date
  • 05/12/2025 to 06/17/2025: Release candidates are published and tested. Critical bug fixes are integrated into the VTK release branch.
  • 06/17/2025: VTK 9.5.0 is released.
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Can we expect Python Linux ARM wheels to be uploaded to PyPI on this release?

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We are building Python Linux ARM wheels weekly now, so I expect they will go up on PyPI for the 9.5 release.

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9.5.0-rc1 has been tagged: VTK 9.5.0.rc1

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We are delaying the release a bit, the plan has been updated accordingly.
Excpect the release on June 17th.

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VTK release is ongoing, please do not merge to release branch.

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VTK v9.5.0 has been tagged, please resume merging.
Binaries and announcements should come shortly.