Thorsten,

Please accept MY apologies... I did not see that "Don't ask!" bit in the FAQ
section. I'm also a software developer and I understand the time pressure
that everyone on the POV-Ray team must be feeling (my company just finished
a major release of its own).

Good luck with the beta 9 release which I and other POV-Ray users eagerly
await.

--Scott Gammans

"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
news:3c22370e@news.povray.org...

> In article <3c223066$1@news.povray.org> , "Scott Gammans"
> <nos### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>
> > Ken already answered
>
> You should not assume that I could see Ken's reply before I posted my
> reply...
>
> > The rudeness of your reply is uncalled for.
>
> I don't think it was rude nor was it intended to be rude.  If it offended
> you I apologize.
>
> The following will answer your question in more detail:
>
> > what I thought was a legitimate question, and did so without your
arrogant and
> > discourteous manner.
>
> You should really read what is written on the download site, which answers
> precisely your question:
>
> >This beta version expires after December 21, 2001! By this time there
will
> >either be a new beta version available here or the final version of
POV-Ray 3.5
> >will be available.
>
> Or either of these two messages, which both apply:
>
> >Message-ID: <38695C99.6B2DCA1A@pacbell.net>
> >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:58:01 -0800
> >From: Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
> >Reply-To: lin### [at] povrayorg
> >Newsgroups: povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions
> >Subject: Welcome To the POV-Ray News Groups
> >Xref: news.povray.org povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions:36
>
> >New Versions of POV-Ray - Please Don't Ask
> >==========================================
> >
> >  One of the most asked questions we hear in the news groups is  -
> >
> >  "When will the next version of POV-Ray be released ?"
> >
> >   The answer is that they will not tell you. The POV-Team is a group
> >of volunteers working on the development of the program in their free
> >time. They do not like deadlines and will only release a new version
> >when they have time to finish it. They also need time to ensure they
> >have the bugs worked out of it before releasing it publicly.
> >
> >For this reason *PLEASE* do not ask when the next version will be
released.
> >If they spend all of their time answering this question they will not
have
> >time to work on the next release of the program. When it is time they
will
> >notify you through public announcements on this server and on the POV-Ray
> >home page - http://www.povray.org.
>
>
> >Message-ID: <3B94E1CF.7498B010@pacbell.net>
> >Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 07:14:39 -0700
> >From: Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
> >Newsgroups: povray.beta-test
> >Subject: Attention: Beta Testers
> >Xref: news.povray.org povray.beta-test:4
>
> >Try to keep the off topic chatter down to an absolute minimum.
> >The POV-Team will be reading the messages in this groups and
> >need to be able to identify potential problems with the program
> >with a minimum of reading time. Please take off topic discussions
> >to another group."

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