On 12/05/2012 03:05 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 4-12-2012 19:28, Kenneth wrote:
>> OK, this is going to sound like a very naive post to many in the
>> newsgroups, but
>> here goes:
>>
>> I'd very much like to install the latest 3.7RC6 version of POV-Ray on my
>> single-core Windows XP machine. But the one thing keeping me from
>> doing it is
>> *fear*: fear that it might overwrite or erase some of my important
>> v3.6.2 files
>> (like scene files, insert menu files, etc.) This isn't an unfounded
>> fear: I had
>> a whopping problem when I upgraded from 3.6.1 to 3.6.2--some of my
>> scene files
>> just vanished into thin air, as well as others. Luckily I had backups
>> for *some*
>> of them. I never could figure out if I had done anything wrong during the
>> upgrade.
>
> Like Christian said: backup, backup, and then backup again :-)
> Personally, I have a couple of external HDs and make a synchronized
> backup of my files twice a week. Takes a couple of minutes only as only
> changed files are copied. It saved me a couple of times from losing my
> work.
>
> Now, concerning v3.7, Christian said it all. What I also do before
> upgrades is make a copy of my own POVRAY.INI and QUICKRES.INI as they
> contain personal settings, and they are exchangeable between 3.6 and
> 3.7. Also, it might be worthwhile to make a copy of the InsertMenus,
> especially if you have personal settings and includes there.
>
> When using 3.7, read the change log in order to discover *all* the good
> things you are going to discover ;-)
>
> Thomas
>
just wanted to add that in the docs (wiki) it's summarized here:
http://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation:Tutorial_Section_1#Changes_and_New_Features_Summary

and in the distribution docs it's 2.1.4.1 ... also a link to the section 
on the opening page ... "Changes and New Features Summary"

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