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Ron Parker wrote:
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> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:39:19 +0200, Tomas Plachetka wrote:
> >Your last remark confused me. What do you mean by
> >merging 3.1 sources into the superpatch? As far as I
> >know, the superpatch is based on 3.1, not on 3.02. Or
> >am I wrong?
>
> It was originally based on 3.02, as were most of the patches included
> in it when I first released it. The first released version was "based
> on" 3.1, meaning I had at that point merged 3.1 in and it could be used
> as a basis for further patching.
Thanks for an explanation. I'm not confused anymore.
(At least in concern with this.)
> >Then - if the superpatch is really based on 3.02 -
> >wouldn't it really be easier for POV-Team (or whoever)
> >to merge yet another 3.02 patch into the superpatch?
>
> I maintain the superpatch; it's an unofficial version that has nothing
> to do with the POV-Team, other than that they're rumored to be looking
> at it as an aid to making the official version 3.5. The version they
> have is based on 3.1, as are all publicly released versions.
I see and am trying to reconstruct the recent
history... I think I got it:
The idea of a superpatch comes from people outside
of the POV-Team (maybe not, it's not so important).
A group of volunteers (SPatch-Team) decided to do
it. You and maybe a few other people of SPatch-Team
did the integration. This all happened in the times
of 3.02. Meanwhile POV-Team released an official
version 3.1. To avoid a divergence of POV-Ray 3.1
and SPatch 1.0, the official 3.1 sources must have
been merged with the actual SPatch sources as soon
as possible.
Now I also understand why the merging took you a
long time and do not envy you the work.
OK, back to the business: When my patch is ready,
whom should I send it to ? To you? Or to
news://news.povray.org/povray.patches?
In the later case, is there an official procedure
about how to post patches to the povray.patches?
And if so, where could I read it?
(Forgive my stupid questions, I'm a newbie here.)
y.
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