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Am 09.11.2011 23:08, schrieb jhu:
> clipka<ano### [at] anonymous org> wrote:
>> Am 08.11.2011 16:43, schrieb jhu:
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>>>> (With the 3.7 release proper things will get a lot easier again.)
>>>
>>> What else needs to be done for the final 3.7 release?
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>> Mostly stuff "outside" of the actual POV-Ray program. The installer
>> still needs some overhaul, the Windows console version needs to be
>> brought back to life, installation procedure documentation needs to be
>> reviewed and possibly rewritten, recommendations for 3rd party patches
>> would be nice to have as well, there's a motion to include openEXR and
>> boost into the source distributions - stuff like that.
>>
>> As for the actual programming work, bugs.povray.org knows all the
>> pending issues.
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> Why not just make the current source 3.7.0 then and call the next one 3.7.1 when
> the peripheral stuff is added?
One reason is that we want 3.7.0 release proper to be fit for
distribution without having to apologize for a bunch of remaining flaws.
Something that can be used not only by POV-Ray veterans, but also by
newbies, without much hassle. After all, we've already made the software
available (well, mostly that is) for people who don't mind the flaws; we
just called it "3.7.RC3", because we don't think it deserves to be
called a release proper yet.
Another reason is that the intention is to dual-license the 3.7 release
under the GPL; that's where the console version becomes necessary. (The
GUI uses a 3rd party editor library that can't be distributed under the
GPL, so it will be available only in the variant distributed under the
POV-Ray license.)
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