Hiya,

	Following some discussions about patching the povray source
code, I'm just wondering why the source tree is not common to all
architectures ? That is, there would be the generic, platform-independent
source files in e.g. the main source directory, and all other unix/
mac/ windows/ dos/ amiga/ etc.../ would be provided as well.
	I suppose the subdivision was initially meant to be a bandwith
saving trick, but it does make things harder to maintain, doesn't it ?
Especially in the context of patching and/or public repositery (if any).
Is bandwith for a (efficiently compressed) source tree as important as
the one devoted to binary distributions ? I don't think the extra files
would take so much space or bandwith. However I'm maybe wrong since I
never downloaded anything but the unix/linux source files...

	Just a stupid question actually  :o)
	And sorry if another "moron" already asked for it before  ;oppp

	- NC

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