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On 1/5/21 4:13 PM, Hj. Malthaner wrote:
> On 1/5/21 8:07 PM, William F Pokorny wrote:
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> It's been a while that I coded C and C++ but in general I consider
> myself a fair programmer (> 10 years professional experience) and would
> like to help, cause I need PovRay to live and improve ...but the 3D math
> is something my brain cannot handle well.
>
> Not sure what to do here. I think I can easily get into C++ again, but
> such a large and math-heavy project like Povray sure will require some
> time to actually understand and being able to make meaningful patches.
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> Any suggestions what to do if I want to help?
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> Hajo
Hi Hajo,
10+ years professional programming certainly makes you more of a real
programmer than me. :-) I've used POV-Ray a long time, but have only
been digging into the source deeply since early 2016 (<4 years). And C++
I'm still very much learning.
As to how to contribute, I'm unsure. :-) Some thoughts.
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The official v3.7-stable and v3.8 master (development) branches as they
exist on github are without active programmer support. See:
https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray
Of late the Debian and macOS folks have taken it on themselves to patch
/ change things in their space for POV-Ray v3.7.0.8 updates. There has
not since Feb 19, 2019 been an official "POV-Ray team" release or
pre-release.
A good candidate for this would be familiar with Windows,
Linux/Unix/macOS environments - and git/github. Also with various
compilers and build systems in addition to C++. Ultimately, whether
anyone new is given github update authority would be up to Chris Cason.
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On the linux/Unix/macOS side of things especially, several here offer
releases for branches of one sort or another. Each branch I see as
particularly focused. My povr effort is one of these and it breaks
compatibility in more of a 'POV-Ray 4.0' way than do most others. Povr
is also Linux/Unix based only. I don't use Windows day to day and I do
not understand code development in the Windows environment.
Creating your own branches to play with existing options or to dig into
some particular bug a way to start learning the code base. This a way to
to start smaller - it's how I started out.
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If you might be interested in a stand alone tool for POV-Ray, one area
where the linux/Unix/macOS side of things in lacking is there is no
native PoseRay equivalent. Further PoseRay source code is not openly
available for fixes/updates as far as I know even if one is OK running
under wine, say.
There is too the stalled Moray development - Chris Cason is the owner of
that software.
Bill P.
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