Ouch!

Jim

"Chris Cason" <new### [at] deletethispovrayorg> wrote in message
news:4076bcb5@news.povray.org...
>
> "Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <spa### [at] raf256com> wrote
> > So between today and discussion "Pov 3.6 expiration again..." there was
a
> > new pov 3.6 beta? I thought they will announce it here, sory then, Im
going
> > to download it.
>
> No, we don't announce it here, we assume that users who consider
themselves
> sufficiently intelligent to use clearly-labelled beta software are also
> intelligent enough to find that a new version is available once the old
one
> expires, WITHOUT our having to hold their hand and tell them. Even if we
*do*
> miss the expiration date by a day. All it takes is a single look at the
beta
> web page to see if beta 3 has been posted. (The other beta users seem to
have
> managed this feat of mental agility quite neatly.)
>
> Beta users are made quite aware that we do *not* want reports from old
betas.
> The fact you are posting bug reports here about an expired version (when
the
> specific reason for the expiration is to prevent just such a thing), added
to
> your previous complaints about the expiration date system altogether, says
to
> me that you are not a suitable person to be testing our beta software.
>
> In future please refrain from using POV-Ray betas. Use the official
version
> if you want, but do *not* download or install anything from us labelled
'beta',
> and please cease to use any of our beta software that you have already
installed.
>
> thanks for your co-operation,
>
> -- Chris Cason
>
>

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