POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.macintosh : POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 for mac available : Re: POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 for mac available Server Time
5 Oct 2024 15:07:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 for mac available  
From: Francois LE COAT
Date: 22 May 2018 13:15:18
Message: <5b045026$1@news.povray.org>
Hi Yvo,

E-mailyvo s gmx.net writes:
> Francois LE COAT said:
>> E-mailyvo s gmx.net writes:
>>> Fix in the display window and updated to 3.7.0.7 (no new functionalit
y)
>>>
>>> http://megapov.inetart.net/povrayunofficial_mac/finalpov.html
>>> --
>>> Yvo
>>
>> Why isn't it available for Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) ? This is
>> called "programmed obsolescence" because there's nothing to explain !
>>

>> <http://eureka.atari.org/>
>
> 3.7.0.x *is* for 10.6.8 or later, 32 and 64 bit.
> However, the current version crashes on 10.6.8 but not on 10.7.x or lat
er.
> I will fix it.
>
> A simple bug report or email from you would have been nicer ;-)
>
> 3.8.0.x is only for 10.7.6 or later, and only 64bit.
> Current OSx version is 10.13.4, time to move on!
>
> --
> Yvo

I tested final 3.7.0.7 and it runs under 10.6.8 nicely. I could have
sent you a private report, but so many Mac softwares are abandoning
Snow Leopard support, that I was too sad. Thanks for your support.

I can't update my Mac OS X version, because my hardware is old, sorry.

Regards,

-- 

<http://eureka.atari.org/>


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