Johan De Messemaeker wrote:

> Nicolas Calimet wrote:
> 
>> For instance I note that povwin-3.5 contains source for all the
>> supporting library (zlib, png, tiff, jpeg) while others (unix) don't.
> 
> I don't see the point in doing this. Most Linux distributions install
> these libraries by default.

If I understand Nicolas' intention correctly, the point is that he wants
a unified archive, so that everything is included for every platform.
As a result person A can write a patched version of - say - Linux
and person B can compile it on Windows -- hopefully without fiddling 
in the sources.

As for the libraries I agree with you. They do not really belong to
the source code of povray. I would suggest to move them outside the povray
package and provide separate archives.

However, as the POV-Team does not support an open development, things
like that are unlikely to happen.

Thomas

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