"Thorsten Froehlich" <fro### [at] charliecnsiitedu> writes:

> And so you simply got the wrong image, why do you think there is
> this BIG note about the source code and the Linux version etc.? 

  All right, either I got misunderstood or I am actually too
frustrated by the lack of the sources to get the truth (probably more
of the latter).

  My point was not to blame anybody (and I'm genuinely sorry if I hurt
your feelings) but to propose concrete things. I know of course that
Windows 95 is not the only supported platform, I know that there are
Mac users, and OS/2 users, and Unix users, and so on. The real point
is: why continue developing one interface for each of these platforms,
instead of writing one that is portable? This is just an idea, of
course. But if I add that I personnally intend to develop at least one
of the two interfaces I described before, what wrong is there?

  The other point can get into political implications, but I can't
help finding this would be a good idea. I mean the bazaar development
models. Here I refer to Eric Raymond's article, "The Cathedral and the
Bazaar", which you can find at the following URL:
<URL:http://www.earthspace.net/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/>. I
know that there are some legal papeworks to be done in order to switch
to this model, so it gives to choose between working on POV-Ray or
doing the legal stuff for a while, but I think it would allow a much
faster development. Well, at least a much faster debugging, the Team
can easily refuse all submissions from other people than its own
members concerning new features, thus accepting only bug-fix patches.

> We are working hard on the Mac side and you get the impression only
> Windows is supported?

  No, really I don't. Well, yes, I sometimes do (mainly in jealousy
moments), but I know I'm wrong.

> Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
> 
> I am a member of the POV-Ray Team.

  Ooommmmm...

> Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://www.povray.org

  Almost my home page :-)

Roland Mas.
-- 
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Nihongode hanasu hitoha [Lolando Masu] to iimasu.
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