Francois LE COAT wrote:
> That's a shame that POVRay beta is only available for Windows. My policy
> as a developer is to support Linux and MacOSX platforms ... I do regret
> that the POVTeam has the exact opposed policy :(

The majority of beta testers has always been on Windows (as the majority of 
users of POV-Ray are on Windows). It takes a lot of time to prepare every 
beta, and it takes even more time supporting it.

I also think it has not escaped your (or at least most of the people around 
here) attention that currently the POV-Team members' time for POV-Ray is 
very limited, having already caused delays of 3.7 beta development and bug 
fixing, due to mention real-life limitations. As such, there simply has been 
no time yet to create a Mac or Linux beta version as there are more urgent 
core code bugs to be fixed and features to be completed.

 > Who benefit from it ?

The Mac and Linux users benefit the most, because once they get a beta, they 
will have a very solid beta already because the Windows users will have 
found the majority of bugs.

	Thorsten

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