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On 15/10/2025 00:26, Bald Eagle wrote:
> "Paul Bourke" <pau### [at] gmail com> wrote:
>> Hope I didn't miss this somehow, but can I ask where I find the status of
>> version 3.8?
>
> You, fine Sir, are looking at it.
>
>> I've started using the current beta but since it's for a long term
>> project I would like to know what the future might hold.
>
> And in that respect, you join us all.
> I have posted very many times about the need to attract new users and advertise
> wherever we might for people to help further develop this open-source project.
>
> At present, it seems that just myself, and mostly William F Pokorny are
> investigating various parts of the source code to better understand, comment,
> and hopefully improve upon the extant code base.
>
> I think that working out various functions, diagramming out the geometry,
> documenting the math with publicly-accessible references, and clearly commenting
> the code would be an excellent project for undergraduate (and graduate) students
> in math and computer science, and help provide a solid entry point for further
> development efforts. Though the contributions may seem small, they do indeed
> add up over time.
>
>
>> For example, there seem to be some command line switches missing, like +sf and
>> +ef. Have they been dropped, is there a different way to implement animation
>> subsets, any documentation?
>
> I see that jr has addressed these concerns.
I have some ideas that will hopefully get us out of the beta rut, though they are more
long-term than finishing what Clipka left right now.
Keep an eye on this thread as it seems a good place to post updates on this topic.
regards,
-- Chris
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