Am 12.07.2013 20:24, schrieb Alex Stewart:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently using 3.7.0 RC7, and have run across some problems which
> appear to be manifestations of http://bugs.povray.org/task/294 ..
>
> The bug entry says that a fix has been developed (about a month ago) and
> applied as "change 5907".  Is there a repository somewhere (or nightlies
> or something) I could fetch from to pick up this fix?  (I've looked around
> a bit, but can't seem to find any source repository for POV-Ray out
> there.. am I missing something obvious?)

POV-Ray is not (yet) part of the world of free(TM) software (as in Free 
Software Foundation), and accordingly doesn't have the infrastructure 
commonly associated with free(TM) software, such as a public repository. 
There does exist a Perforce repository, but it's accessible for dev team 
members only.

(There is a strong commitment to change both though: POV-Ray is on its 
way towards GPL, and a publicly available Git repository is also on the 
roadmap.)


> Also, it's a little unclear:  The bug is still listed as "Requires
> testing" status (I'd be happy to help test, if needed).. will this fix
> make it into the next release (whenever that might be)?

Most likely so.

As for the "requires testing" status, we commonly set bugtracker entries 
to that once the changes have been submitted to the codebase, and leave 
them at that state until the change has been released and user feedback 
been received, or a reasonable time has elapsed after release without 
any feedback. Well, maybe we should change that a bit.

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