Raphael Quinet wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:43:47 +0200, Ken wrote:
> > Daniel Matthews wrote:
> >> I can't see it either, is this what you were after?
> >> ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/Official/Linux/3.5beta
> >
> > It may be... but that particular version is expired and is not worth the
> > time downloading. The POV-Team is working on getting another beta
> > version ready for the linux platform. They are very busy so please be
> > patient with them...
> 
> I understand.  But that's a pity because I depend on the Linux beta
> for developing the particle system that some other beta-testers are
> waiting for (see my message in p.a-u).  I do not want to play with the
> clock on my networked Linux machines, so I cannot do much for the
> moment.

We understand your pain. If it could be finished sooner it would.
 
> When the next beta version for Linux is available, would it be
> possible to make it expire several days later than the Windows
> version, in case the same problem occurs again?  The Mac version has a
> different expiration date already, so it should be possible to do that
> for the Linux version as well.

As I am not one of the POV-Ray developers I cannot offer you a different
expiration date. They choosed the expiration dates based upon the need
to control the changes in the source code across all platforms and to
eliminate, or at least reduce, duplicate bug reports that may already
have been reported by users of the other platforms.
 
> By the way, do you have any idea of when the next Linux beta might be
> released?  Is it a matter of days or could it take longer than a week?

Can't say, I haven't heard one way or the other. The POV-Team sometimes
works in mysterious ways :~)
 
> Anyway, I will wait patiently.  Thanks for all your efforts!

Appreciated.

-- 
Ken Tyler

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