POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : Beta updates : Re: Beta updates Server Time
29 Jul 2024 00:32:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Beta updates  
From: andrel
Date: 5 Oct 2007 15:54:56
Message: <47069792.7000309@hotmail.com>
Chris Cason wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   It's not like 3.6 and 3.7 were mutually exclusive and couldn't be located
>> in the same system. This is just silly.
> 
> Actually I understand his point of view. And certainly the delays in new
> betas is an issue which I would like to fix. Hence my previous post.
> 
> I am not sure of what we will do on unix systems: a command-line parameter
> isn't enough IIRC since it will just end up in a shell script or alias and
> be forgotten about. OTOH having a keypress-based option is also a problem
> since it will interfere with batch renders.
Be sure that switching the parameter does prevent running *before* the 
deadline and possibly change the parameter every month, so people have 
to consciously reedit the batch script every now and then.


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