Dan Connelly wrote:
> 
> WBG wrote:
> >
> > I have the first POV-Ray CD  (with version 2.2) and was wondering what
> > news there is on the second (if any). Mine is a bit oudated as almost
> > everything on it isn't the latest version. If anyone in charge of the
> > compilation is reading this, my wish-list on the CD would be:
> >  o POV-Ray v3.1
> >  o Moray v3.01
> >  o Laurens Lapre's LSystem applications, v4
> >  o The latest version of Dave's Targa Animator
> >  o Chris Colefax's fantastic include files
> >  o TextureView v3.3
> >  o WinZip and/or PkZip version whatever
> 
> Bad idea.....
> 
> Several of the above are not free, and most of the others
> will be obsolete well before the inventory on a typical
> CD print will be exhausted.  For example, Moray and Colfax's
> files, both of which are in the process of upgrades
> to 3.1 syntax.
> 
> At least as useful would be a list of links to the above
> web sites.... but then they are all well available on the
> Web already ( such as http://twysted.net/ ).
> 
> Images and animations are durable.
> 
> Dan
> 
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The reason I wrote this was that despite constant revisions and updates,
the POVRay package stands up well by itself currently (especially v3.1).
So it would be really handy to have it on some kind of permanent media,
and floppy disks can be unreliable. 

Stephen

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