In article <chrishuff-96A1BB.15335408072000@news.povray.org> , Chris Huff 
<chr### [at] maccom>  wrote:

> In article <B58CD1FD.158B%dav### [at] maccom>, David
> <dav### [at] maccom> wrote:
>
>> I was just wondering, how is it going on POV-Ray 3.5/4.0 (and which one)?
>
> Will a TAG member suffice? :-)
>
> POV-Ray 3.5 is being actively worked on. Pretty much all I can say right
> now is that it should be out sometime this year. It will contain most of
> the patches from MegaPOV, but there will of course be some that won't
> make it, due to being incomplete, buggy, not fitting in with planned
> features, or just not appearing early enough to be integrated with POV
> 3.5. Oh, and the Mac version may have a new interface, but I do not have
> any information on how it will be different from the current one, or on
> the other supported platforms.
> Also, the syntax for individual MegaPOV features may change. Many of the
> patches in MegaPOV have a clumsy/inconsistent syntax, which could be
> greatly streamlined and simplified(the reflection syntax is one example).
>
> As for 4.0...the POV-Team is currently devoting their available time to
> getting 3.5 out, so there isn't much to report on it. You can get all
> the information there is by reading the message "POV-Ray plans for v3.1
> and beyond..." in povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions.

Nothing to add here :-)


    Thorsten


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