"fillibar" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I just put 3.7.37a on a computer that had always been running 3.6. I just
> started outputting the debug information to a file (to confirm what values were
> used per frame since I am making MANY frames and wanted to know what values
> cause bad looking frames).
>
> In 3.6 each "block" of debug information was written into the debug.txt (the
> filename I am outputting to) sequentially, with each frame appending to the
> content already there. So I was able to look through the debug values for the 10
> sample frames I rendered (only 10 at the time) and everything was listed. I even
> added extra debug text to help separate the frame output because of this
> feature. The entire file was overwritten if I restarted another sample run
> (which is preferred for my needs).
>
> I just installed 3.7.37a earlier today and ran the same .pov file with the same
> options. Now the debug.txt file is created but the information is contained with
> each frame. So if I let it finish the entire sample, I will only have the values
> for frame 10 not the other 9 (which is needed).
>
> So my question is this:
> Is this an EXPECTED feature change or is this a bug I should put into Flyspray?
>
> I did searches but did not find anything that seemed to relate to this, but I
> might have missed it.

In case anyone actually is interested in this, it has been submitted into
Flyspray as:
FS#109 - Debug_File No Longer Appends Frame by Frame Debug Data

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