I think I had said this before, but now I can't find my post, so I'll assume
I didn't :)

The README file in povray-src-3.7.0.beta.29.tar.bz2 is still from 3.6. This
is misleading.

When I opened it, I quickly skipped a few sections. Then I read stuff
like "The source distribution of POV-Ray 3.6 is bundled with all the
3rd-party libraries which provide support for various image format such as
JPEG, PNG, and TIFF. The ZLIB library is also provided since the PNG
library depends on it."

And I thought, what the hell? I'm sure the image libraries weren't bundled
in 3.7 anymore. Looked around a bit, couldn't find the libs. Then noticed
the paragraph said "distribution of POV-Ray *3.6*" :)

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I think you are missing something very important about 
povray-src-3.7.0.beta.29.tar.bz2 .......

BETA

"Nicolas Alvarez" <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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> I think I had said this before, but now I can't find my post, so I'll 
> assume
> I didn't :)
>
> The README file in povray-src-3.7.0.beta.29.tar.bz2 is still from 3.6. 
> This
> is misleading.
>
> When I opened it, I quickly skipped a few sections. Then I read stuff
> like "The source distribution of POV-Ray 3.6 is bundled with all the
> 3rd-party libraries which provide support for various image format such as
> JPEG, PNG, and TIFF. The ZLIB library is also provided since the PNG
> library depends on it."
>
> And I thought, what the hell? I'm sure the image libraries weren't bundled
> in 3.7 anymore. Looked around a bit, couldn't find the libs. Then noticed
> the paragraph said "distribution of POV-Ray *3.6*" :)

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"Quietman" <quietman 1968 at hotmail dot com> wrote:
> I think you are missing something very important about
> povray-src-3.7.0.beta.29.tar.bz2 .......
> 
> BETA

The point of a beta is testing it and reporting problems. I found one, and
reported it.

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"Nicolas Alvarez" <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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> "Quietman" <quietman 1968 at hotmail dot com> wrote:
>> I think you are missing something very important about
>> povray-src-3.7.0.beta.29.tar.bz2 .......
>>
>> BETA
>
> The point of a beta is testing it and reporting problems. I found one, and
> reported it.
>

Fair enough Nicolas but my point was that its work in progress and not 
completed yet. I am pretty sure the POV Ray team are well aware of what 
documentation is in the beta release...

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Thanks for the report, I'll see it's fixed.

-- Chris

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"Quietman" <quietman 1968 at hotmail dot com> wrote in message 
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>
>
> "Nicolas Alvarez" <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
> news:4931d6f9@news.povray.org...
>> "Quietman" <quietman 1968 at hotmail dot com> wrote:
>>> I think you are missing something very important about
>>> povray-src-3.7.0.beta.29.tar.bz2 .......
>>>
>>> BETA
>>
>> The point of a beta is testing it and reporting problems. I found one, 
>> and
>> reported it.
>>
>
> Fair enough Nicolas but my point was that its work in progress and not 
> completed yet. I am pretty sure the POV Ray team are well aware of what 
> documentation is in the beta release...
>
>

Oh seems like I owe you an apology Nicolas, hadn't realized you were so 
involved with POV Ray. I get so used to seeing posts about things not being 
right in the Beta releases and replies saying its Beta I thought I'd join 
in. Wish I hadn't now...

Sorry.

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Quietman wrote:
>> Fair enough Nicolas but my point was that its work in progress and not 
>> completed yet. I am pretty sure the POV Ray team are well aware of 
>> what documentation is in the beta release...
>>
>>
> 
> Oh seems like I owe you an apology Nicolas, hadn't realized you were so 
> involved with POV Ray.

He isn't...

	Thorsten, POV-Team

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"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message 
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> Quietman wrote:
>>> Fair enough Nicolas but my point was that its work in progress and not 
>>> completed yet. I am pretty sure the POV Ray team are well aware of what 
>>> documentation is in the beta release...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Oh seems like I owe you an apology Nicolas, hadn't realized you were so 
>> involved with POV Ray.
>
> He isn't...
>
> Thorsten, POV-Team

lol.... I'll get my coat....

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