On 14-9-2018 18:41, clipka wrote:
> Am 14.09.2018 um 08:35 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>> On 14-9-2018 6:32, clipka wrote:
>>> Am 14.09.2018 um 00:33 schrieb Bald Eagle:
>>>>
>>>> I've been hopping between 3.7, and other later versions.
>>>
>>> You shouldn't be doing that. Use either v3.7.0 (the latest official
>>> stable release) or the most recent tagged v3.8.0-alpha (currently
>>> v3.8.0-alpha.9811560).
>>>
>>> Any versions in between are obsolete and no longer supported.
>>>
>>
>> Ah! Let me get this clear:
>>
>> - /all/ 3.7.1 versions [introducing Diffuse Models; Tone Mapping; Cached
>> Macros] can be dumped?
> 
> All v3.7.1-alpha and v3.7.1-beta versions (as well as v3.7.1-rc
> versions, should you be able to get hold of one of those) can be dumped.
> 
> Cached macros are in the official v3.8.0 dev branch, so no loss there.
> 
> Alternative diffuse models, as well as tone mapping, were published as
> v3.7.1-x (i.e. experimental) versions; as I said those are a bit of an
> exception. But they're indeed getting stale in a way, too, and the most
> sensible thing to do about those is not for you to continue to use them,
> but for me to update them with all the changes that have been going on
> in the main branch since then.
> 
>> - I assume that the two versions of uberpov64.exe are still valid. Build
>> 2016. If not up-to-date, at least they are valuable for the stochastic
>> antialiasing, at least for me.
> 
> UberPOV is a completely different animal, as it comes with a mechanism
> to identify the specific UberPOV version, from which you can deduce the
> POV-Ray feature set available.
> 
> Also getting somewhat stale though, and I'm not exactly sure whether I
> will continue (well, more like revive) the project. I'm pretty sure I'll
> add anti-aliasing mode 3 to official POV-Ray though, as I /think/ it has
> left little doubt about its worth.
> 

Perfectly clear. Thank you indeed. I believe all those experiments were 
worthwhile and should be included in version 3.8.0 eventually. And so is 
aa mode 3 which I particularly favour myself.

I shall delete the experiments and keep using UberPOV until 3.8.0 is 
up-to-date to my uses.

-- 
Thomas

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