POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: beta 3.7 multicore feature automatic or requires code?: Re: beta 3.7 multicore feature automatic or requires code?

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From: Alain
Date: 2 Feb 2009 18:51:50
Message: <49878716$1@news.povray.org>

societyofrobots nous illumina en ce 2009-02-02 01:45 -->
> "clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>> Be warned that radiosity in 3.7.0.beta.30 is almost unusable in any but the
>> simplest scenes, due to a number of bugs; radiosity support in
>> 3.7.0.beta.30-rad1 (a radiosity update to the beta.30) is much better regarding
>> quality, but seems to be just as unusable in practice due to some speed issues
>> I'm currently trying to track down and fix, except for scenes with a
>> recursion_depth of 1.
> 
> Is there an email list or notification feature to send out an email when a fix
> comes out? I'm producing POV movies so this speed boost is very desirable . . .
> If I install the beta and run into the bug, will downgrading back to the
> previous version result in any problems?
> 
> (btw nice software, is a huge help for prototyping my electronics products)
> 
> 
The beta leave the previous, non-beta, install intact and fully functionnal.

As betas are time limited, you may encounter some problem of you try to go back 
to a previous beta build.

-- 
Alain
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I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

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