On 27.11.2017 14:52, clipka wrote:
> Am 27.11.2017 um 19:12 schrieb Sven Littkowski:
> 
>>> The latest version is v3.8.0-alpha.9387404.
>>>
>> But not available on the Pov-Ray website. I heard, for now it is only
>> available at GitHub. I would like a lot to download the 3.8 Windows
>> version. Any direct URL for it?
> 
> "Available at GitHub" doesn't mean "only available as source code", as
> GitHub is more than just a place for Git source code repositories.
> 
> For instance, we also make use of GitHub's "issues" feature, to track
> bug reports -- and, more to the point, we also make use of GitHub's
> "releases" fature, to put up binaries for release.
> 
> There, you can find Windows builds for various post-v3.7.0 releases,
> including the aforementioned v3.8.0-alpha version:
> 
> https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases/tag/v3.8.0-alpha.9387404
> 
> For a list of all releases (starting from v3.7.0.0), see:
> 
> https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases
> 
> 
> Why do we not put up all binaries on our website? Multiple reasons. But
> in a nutshell, they all boil down to the fact that it is a piece of cake
> to automate releases on GitHub (as long as they're binary-only, at any
> rate). Theoretically, we could have Windows binaries automatically built
> and published on GitHub for each and every source code version pushed,
> without so much as lifting a finger.
> 
> In practice, we limit that automation to specific branches, and require
> that a human manually authorize publication of the release, giving them
> an opportunity to amend the release notes along the way if deemed
> necessary (or reject the release entirely).
> 
> Also, the automated build process is currently set up to generate
> binary-only releases, which need to be dropped into an existing
> installation. We may or may not change that in the future.
> 

Thanks a lot for the detailed introduction, well appreciated. :-)

---

http://www.avg.com

Post a reply to this message