POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: Why do Linux distros still package POV 3.02?: Re: Why do Linux distros still package POV 3.02?

POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Why do Linux distros still package POV 3.02? : Re: Why do Linux distros still package POV 3.02?		Server Time 7 Aug 2024 23:21:09 EDT (-0400)

From: Mark Gordon
Date: 23 Apr 2001 18:54:29
Message: <3AE4B811.8EDEC2EE@mailbag.com>

The only distro that I know of that still distributes a 3.02-based
POV-Ray is Debian, which ships something based on an older version of
PVMPOV.  POV-Ray is, by Debian standards, "non-free" (notably in that
there are some restrictions on sale and code reuse), which is probably
why Debian doesn't consider it an especially high priority.

-Mark Gordon

Francois Labreque wrote:
> 
> When 3.1 has been available for quite a while?
> 
> Is it the POV maintainers' fault?  Laziness on the part of the Linux
> distributors?  Both?
> 
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