I haven't seen any mention on the POV-Ray website about a beta 9 coming out,
and POV-Ray v3.5 beta 8 is set to detonate tomorrow. Any word on what will
happen tomorrow? I was kind of hoping to take my laptop home with me for
Christmas so that I could do some ray tracing when dealing with the family
gets to be too much... ;)

-Scott Gammans

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Scott Gammans wrote:
> 
> I haven't seen any mention on the POV-Ray website about a beta 9 coming out,
> and POV-Ray v3.5 beta 8 is set to detonate tomorrow. Any word on what will
> happen tomorrow? I was kind of hoping to take my laptop home with me for
> Christmas so that I could do some ray tracing when dealing with the family
> gets to be too much... ;)

We are verifying the integrity of beta 9 at the moment and it *should* be
ready for release tomorrow.

-- 
Ken Tyler - POV-Ray Technical Assistance Group

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In article <3c21f8fd$1@news.povray.org> , "Scott Gammans" 
<nos### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

> I haven't seen any mention on the POV-Ray website about a beta 9 coming out,
> and POV-Ray v3.5 beta 8 is set to detonate tomorrow.

You think we aren't aware of this? ;-)

> Any word on what will happen tomorrow?

I think the question on what will happen tomorrow is so obvious it doesn't
need an answer nor IMO did it have to be asking in the first place as there
is nothing unusual about the beta expiring tomorrow.

    Thorsten

____________________________________________________
Thorsten Froehlich
e-mail: mac### [at] povrayorg

I am a member of the POV-Ray Team.
Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org

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Scott Gammans wrote:
> 
> I was kind of hoping to take my laptop home with me for
> Christmas so that I could do some ray tracing when dealing with the
> family gets to be too much... ;)

Put 3.1g on it and do stuff that works on both renderers.

Regards,
John
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Thorsten,

The rudeness of your reply is uncalled for. Ken already answered what I
thought was a legitimate question, and did so without your arrogant and
discourteous manner.

--Scott Gammans

"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
news:3c222046@news.povray.org...
> In article <3c21f8fd$1@news.povray.org> , "Scott Gammans"
> <nos### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>
> > I haven't seen any mention on the POV-Ray website about a beta 9 coming
out,
> > and POV-Ray v3.5 beta 8 is set to detonate tomorrow.
>
> You think we aren't aware of this? ;-)
>
> > Any word on what will happen tomorrow?
>
> I think the question on what will happen tomorrow is so obvious it doesn't
> need an answer nor IMO did it have to be asking in the first place as
there
> is nothing unusual about the beta expiring tomorrow.
>
>     Thorsten
>
> ____________________________________________________
> Thorsten Froehlich
> e-mail: mac### [at] povrayorg
>
> I am a member of the POV-Ray Team.
> Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org

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In article <3c223066$1@news.povray.org> , "Scott Gammans" 
<nos### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

> Ken already answered

You should not assume that I could see Ken's reply before I posted my
reply...

> The rudeness of your reply is uncalled for.

I don't think it was rude nor was it intended to be rude.  If it offended
you I apologize.

The following will answer your question in more detail:

> what I thought was a legitimate question, and did so without your arrogant and
> discourteous manner.

You should really read what is written on the download site, which answers
precisely your question:

>This beta version expires after December 21, 2001! By this time there will
>either be a new beta version available here or the final version of POV-Ray 3.5
>will be available.

Or either of these two messages, which both apply:

>Message-ID: <38695C99.6B2DCA1A@pacbell.net>
>Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:58:01 -0800
>From: Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
>Reply-To: lin### [at] povrayorg
>Newsgroups: povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions
>Subject: Welcome To the POV-Ray News Groups
>Xref: news.povray.org povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions:36

>New Versions of POV-Ray - Please Don't Ask
>==========================================
>
>  One of the most asked questions we hear in the news groups is  -
>
>  "When will the next version of POV-Ray be released ?"
>
>   The answer is that they will not tell you. The POV-Team is a group
>of volunteers working on the development of the program in their free
>time. They do not like deadlines and will only release a new version
>when they have time to finish it. They also need time to ensure they
>have the bugs worked out of it before releasing it publicly.
>
>For this reason *PLEASE* do not ask when the next version will be released.
>If they spend all of their time answering this question they will not have
>time to work on the next release of the program. When it is time they will
>notify you through public announcements on this server and on the POV-Ray
>home page - http://www.povray.org.


>Message-ID: <3B94E1CF.7498B010@pacbell.net>
>Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 07:14:39 -0700
>From: Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
>Newsgroups: povray.beta-test
>Subject: Attention: Beta Testers
>Xref: news.povray.org povray.beta-test:4

>Try to keep the off topic chatter down to an absolute minimum.
>The POV-Team will be reading the messages in this groups and
>need to be able to identify potential problems with the program
>with a minimum of reading time. Please take off topic discussions
>to another group."

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Thorsten,

Please accept MY apologies... I did not see that "Don't ask!" bit in the FAQ
section. I'm also a software developer and I understand the time pressure
that everyone on the POV-Ray team must be feeling (my company just finished
a major release of its own).

Good luck with the beta 9 release which I and other POV-Ray users eagerly
await.

--Scott Gammans

"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
news:3c22370e@news.povray.org...

> In article <3c223066$1@news.povray.org> , "Scott Gammans"
> <nos### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>
> > Ken already answered
>
> You should not assume that I could see Ken's reply before I posted my
> reply...
>
> > The rudeness of your reply is uncalled for.
>
> I don't think it was rude nor was it intended to be rude.  If it offended
> you I apologize.
>
> The following will answer your question in more detail:
>
> > what I thought was a legitimate question, and did so without your
arrogant and
> > discourteous manner.
>
> You should really read what is written on the download site, which answers
> precisely your question:
>
> >This beta version expires after December 21, 2001! By this time there
will
> >either be a new beta version available here or the final version of
POV-Ray 3.5
> >will be available.
>
> Or either of these two messages, which both apply:
>
> >Message-ID: <38695C99.6B2DCA1A@pacbell.net>
> >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:58:01 -0800
> >From: Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
> >Reply-To: lin### [at] povrayorg
> >Newsgroups: povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions
> >Subject: Welcome To the POV-Ray News Groups
> >Xref: news.povray.org povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions:36
>
> >New Versions of POV-Ray - Please Don't Ask
> >==========================================
> >
> >  One of the most asked questions we hear in the news groups is  -
> >
> >  "When will the next version of POV-Ray be released ?"
> >
> >   The answer is that they will not tell you. The POV-Team is a group
> >of volunteers working on the development of the program in their free
> >time. They do not like deadlines and will only release a new version
> >when they have time to finish it. They also need time to ensure they
> >have the bugs worked out of it before releasing it publicly.
> >
> >For this reason *PLEASE* do not ask when the next version will be
released.
> >If they spend all of their time answering this question they will not
have
> >time to work on the next release of the program. When it is time they
will
> >notify you through public announcements on this server and on the POV-Ray
> >home page - http://www.povray.org.
>
>
> >Message-ID: <3B94E1CF.7498B010@pacbell.net>
> >Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 07:14:39 -0700
> >From: Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
> >Newsgroups: povray.beta-test
> >Subject: Attention: Beta Testers
> >Xref: news.povray.org povray.beta-test:4
>
> >Try to keep the off topic chatter down to an absolute minimum.
> >The POV-Team will be reading the messages in this groups and
> >need to be able to identify potential problems with the program
> >with a minimum of reading time. Please take off topic discussions
> >to another group."

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"This beta version of POV-Ray for Windows has expired." But on the download
page it says "This beta version expires after December 21, 2001", and it's
only December 20 (7:13 PM, EST). What's with that?

Anders

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> Put 3.1g on it and do stuff that works on both renderers.

but where is the fun in that!


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On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 19:13:40 -0500, "Anders K." <and### [at] prostard2gcom> wrote:
> "This beta version of POV-Ray for Windows has expired." But on the download
> page it says "This beta version expires after December 21, 2001", and it's
> only December 20 (7:13 PM, EST). What's with that?

I can confirm this with windows beta 9 (NT 4 Sp 6 on PII 233 with 128). Page
http://www.povray.org/binaries/windows/beta.html says 'This beta version expires
_after_ January 15, 2002' but it expire after January 14. Of course nothing
important for final version.

ABX
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#declare _=function(a,b,x){((a^2)+(b^2))^.5-x}#default {pigment{color rgb 1}}
union{plane{y,-3}plane{-x,-3}finish{reflection 1 ambient 0}}isosurface{ //ABX
function{_(x-2,y,1)&_((x+y)*.7,z,.1)&_((x+y+2)*.7,z,.1)&_(x/2+y*.8+1.5,z,.1)}
contained_by{box{<0,-3,-.1>,<3,0,.1>}}translate z*15finish{ambient 1}}//POV35

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