Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> Over the past year, I have been reviewing my contributions in
> anticipation of a restored Object Collection server.  Most of them have
> had significant updates since the crash; I have uploaded these to
> GitHub, with the license upgraded to GNU-LGPL version 3 or later.
> Pending details of the restored Object Collection that I need for the
> user manuals, I am posting most of the contributions as release
> candidates.  The updates, since LeForgeron's archive (A) and the server
> crash (B), are as follows:
>
> AndroidRobot 6.0-rc.1: (A) The 2019 redesign and robot's standalone
> head; (B) the 2023 redesign and accommodation of alternate assumed_gamma
> values.
>
> BeamTest 2.0-rc.1: (B) Media and photons are refactored according to
> lessons learned last month.
>
> BrightStar5 1.2-rc.1: (B) The 3.8 version check for text handling is
> reverted, due to the 3.8 rollback (see also "Changes to text object?"
> thread in p.general).  Instructions are added for how to update the data
> files.
>
> bubble 2.0.1: (B) Bubbles can be untextured; a randomization bias is
> corrected; the SDL is brought into namespace compliance; and HTML
> documentation is added.  This is a production release.
>
> Caption 1.1.1A: (B) Minor update; the license upgrade is not yet uploaded.
>
> CoffeeMug 2.0.1A: (A, B) Minor updates; the license upgrade is not yet
> uploaded.
>
> GemCuts 2.0-rc.1: (B) The gem cut from SpectralRender is added.
>
> IntegrateLight 1.0.3-rc.1: (B) Minor: the demo scenes are gamut-mapped.
>
> lrchairs 1.1.1A: (B) Minor update, plus Leroy's new website.  The
> license upgrade is not yet uploaded.
>
> RC3Metal 2.1-beta.1: (A) Turbulence can be adjusted on galvanized
> textures, and the photons bug on blurred reflection is fixed; (B) Major
> updates: highlight reform, some default settings are changed,
> reflections of objects with blurred reflection also show blurred
> reflection, and most recently, the highlight roughness function can be
> adjusted without the user having to do math.  This update remains in
> beta testing while I review the highlight reform; check the Releases
> link for the tag.  The license upgrade is not yet uploaded.
>
> RoundEdge 2.0A: (A) Rounded boxes with unequal edge radii, and an
> interface to the isosurface evaluate feature; (B) minor update; the
> license upgrade is not yet uploaded.
>
> ScaryCoronavirus 1.0c-rc.1: (B) User manual correction and CDC archive link.
>
> Spectrum 5.0-rc.1: (B) A new gamut mapping method.
>
> SphereSweep 2.1A: (A) An interface to the PointArrays Object Collection

> the license upgrade is not yet uploaded.
>
> TheEarth 1.2a: (B) uv-mapping, gamma decoding, and clouds rotate with
> the Earth.  This is a production release.
>
> TiltedTorus 3.0.1A: (B) Minor update; the license upgrade is not yet
> uploaded.
>
> _________________
>
> The following libraries have been created since the crash, and are
> proposed for the Object Collection:
>
> DeskLamp 2.0.1: Version 2.0 adds flat panel lamps, and version 2.0.1 has
> a workaround for the 3.8 photons bug. The license upgrade is not yet
> uploaded.
>
> MakeSpectrum 1.1-rc.3: The BT.709/2020 transfer function is added, and
> flags are set in the event of unrealistic reflection results.
>
> RC3Wood 2.0: No changes since the initial upload, so the license upgrade
> is not yet uploaded.
>
> ShapeOfTheDay 2.1.1-beta.1: Version 2.1 adds flat panel lamps, and
> version 2.1.1 fixes the bug in lamps near the ceiling center.  This
> update remains in beta testing while I investigate an issue with light
> bulbs; check the Releases link for the tag.
>
> SpiralImage 2.1-rc.1: Version 2.1 adds gamma decoding for image maps.
>
> The updated contributions can be accessed via:
>   https://github.com/CousinRicky/POV-Ray-Object-Collection
>
> _________________
>
> I hate that I have to bring politics into this, but as jr once quoted
> author Bangambiki Habyarimana in another thread, "Life is politics, you
> do it or it does you."  Three of my user manuals have links to USA
> government websites, but lately, the trustworthiness of USA government
> agencies has come into question.
>
> Also, I can't be sure that NSPM-7 doesn't apply to me, so I want to get
> my stuff out before I'm deported to South Sudan.
>
> ScaryCoronaVirus has links to the Centers for Disease Control and
> Prevention (CDC).  As the CDC is now being run by a lunatic, I have
> added an early January link from the Wayback Machine.
>
> DeskLamp links to EnergyStar.  As the president is a climate change
> denier, I will add an early January link from the Wayback Machine.
> Since there are no changes to DeskLamp features since my last upload,
> and (unlike the CDC) EnergyStar misinformation is not a matter of life
> and death, I won't bother uploading the Wayback link before the Object
> Collection comes back online.
>
> One would think that saving money would be enough to value energy
> efficiency, but we have "coal rollers" in the states who deliberately
> waste fuel for no other reason than to pollute the air.  Sanity is lost
> here.  Hopefully, the president values his own pocketbook and will leave
> EnergyStar alone.
>
> BrightStar5 links to a NASA database.  As this site is interactive,
> there's no point in linking to an archive.

I hope staying still, crossing fingers without holding our breaths untill a more
sane situation comes back will bear fruits.

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