"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> In article <web.40febe24a404e2e24e6ed3100@news.povray.org> , "Tim F"
> <fen### [at] stanfordedu> wrote:
>
> > But what happens when the problem is reversed?  i.e. what if new libraries
> > appear that fix a bug or two in an external dependency to POVRay?  Will new
> > point releases of POVRay be released, or should users download the new
> > libraries and rebuild POVRay, linking to the updated libraries?
> >
> > I know its nit-picking, but I love playing devil's advocate.  ;)
>
> The configure & make automatically picks that version up for you, what else?
> ;-)
>

(For some reason this got top posted on my first attempt - sorry about
that.)

But then you've missed the thrust of my argument - users that realize the
need to upgrade their libraries and rebuild povray won't have the same
problems as those that link against the libraries included with 3.6.
Therefore, users of the (now old) libraries will start submitting bug
reports - which goes back to your originally stated problem.

Again, its nit picking, but IMHO worth consideration.

Regards,
Tim

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