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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 4 Mar 2017 02:54:23
Message: <58ba72af$1@news.povray.org>
Am 04.03.2017 um 01:27 schrieb clipka:
> Am 03.03.2017 um 20:20 schrieb clipka:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'd like to ask those of you who are still using (or have access to)
>> Windows XP (or Windows Server 2003), either 32 or 64 bit, to test-drive
>> the following binaries:
>>
>>
>> http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp-Win32.zip
>>
>> http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp-Win32-sse2.zip
>>
>> http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp-Win64.zip
> 
> 
> Update - I have reason to expect the above to not work properly; please
> test the following instead:
> 
> http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp2-Win32.zip
> 
> http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp2-Win32-sse2.zip
> 
> http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp2-Win64.zip


They say three time's a charm:

http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp3-Win32.zip

http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp3-Win64.zip

Let's ignore the SSE2 variant for now, as it needs some additional fixing.


>> All binaries need a pre-existing installation of 3.7.1-beta.3, and are
>> intended as drop-in replacements for the beta.3's binaries.
>>
>> Please test whether these binaries run on XP at all, and if so, give
>> them a thorough shakedown.
>>
>> In particular, please pay attention whether the binaries exhibit any of
>> the following two symptoms previously observed by StephenS with some
>> development builds:
>>
>> - `Warning: did not find colors.inc` being reported at program start
>> - `pvengine.ini` getting overwritten at each program start
>>
>


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 4 Mar 2017 04:02:47
Message: <58ba82b7@news.povray.org>
Am 04.03.2017 um 08:54 schrieb clipka:

>>> I'd like to ask those of you who are still using (or have access to)
>>> Windows XP (or Windows Server 2003), either 32 or 64 bit, to test-drive
>>> the following binaries:
...
> http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp3-Win32.zip
> 
> http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp3-Win64.zip

While you're at it, if the above DO work nicely, please also give these
a try:

https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases/download/untagged-04eb64a1a50902498e61/povray-3.7.1-x.140_xp-av390-Win32.7z

https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases/download/untagged-04eb64a1a50902498e61/povray-3.7.1-x.140_xp-av390-Win64.7z

(presuming you can download them; I'm not sure if that's the case)


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From: StephenS
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 4 Mar 2017 06:06:14
Message: <58ba9fa6$1@news.povray.org>
...
> http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/povray-3.7.1-beta.3-140xp3-Win32.zip
>
...
Working fine, on to other test file.

Stephen S


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From: StephenS
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 4 Mar 2017 06:19:35
Message: <58baa2c7$1@news.povray.org>
...
>
https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases/download/untagged-04eb64a1a50902498e61/povray-3.7.1-x.140_xp-av390-Win32.7z
>
...
> (presuming you can download them; I'm not sure if that's the case)
>
The link gives me a 404 error, web page not found.

Stephen S


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 4 Mar 2017 07:34:21
Message: <58bab44d$1@news.povray.org>
Am 04.03.2017 um 01:41 schrieb StephenS:
> On 03/03/2017 2:20 PM, clipka wrote:
> ....
>> - `Warning: did not find colors.inc` being reported at program start
>> - `pvengine.ini` getting overwritten at each program start
>>
> pvengine32.exe still showing both.
> pvengine32-sse2.exe not starting for my processor.

BTW, what Service Pack of XP are you running?


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From: StephenS
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 4 Mar 2017 08:03:40
Message: <58babb2c$1@news.povray.org>
On 04/03/2017 7:34 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 04.03.2017 um 01:41 schrieb StephenS:
>> On 03/03/2017 2:20 PM, clipka wrote:
>> ....
>>> - `Warning: did not find colors.inc` being reported at program start
>>> - `pvengine.ini` getting overwritten at each program start
>>>
>> pvengine32.exe still showing both.
>> pvengine32-sse2.exe not starting for my processor.
>
> BTW, what Service Pack of XP are you running?
>
SP3

Stephen S


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From: StephenS
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 4 Mar 2017 10:35:24
Message: <58badebc$1@news.povray.org>
On 04/03/2017 7:34 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 04.03.2017 um 01:41 schrieb StephenS:
>> On 03/03/2017 2:20 PM, clipka wrote:
>> ....
>>> - `Warning: did not find colors.inc` being reported at program start
>>> - `pvengine.ini` getting overwritten at each program start
>>>
>> pvengine32.exe still showing both.
>> pvengine32-sse2.exe not starting for my processor.
>
> BTW, what Service Pack of XP are you running?
>
See post in p.b-t.binaries.

Stephen S


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 12 Mar 2017 16:09:30
Message: <58c5aafa$1@news.povray.org>
XP testing is once again highly welcome:

http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/pvengine32_XP_20170312.7z
http://wiki.povray.org/clipka-files/pvengine64_XP_20170312.7z

The former carries both 32-bit vanilla and 32-bit SSE2. The latter
carries the 64-bit version.


As before (except read "beta.4" instead of "beta.3"):

> All binaries need a pre-existing installation of 3.7.1-beta.3, and are
> intended as drop-in replacements for the beta.3's binaries.
> 
> Please test whether these binaries run on XP at all, and if so, give
> them a thorough shakedown.
> 
> In particular, please pay attention whether the binaries exhibit any of
> the following two symptoms previously observed by StephenS with some
> development builds:
> 
> - `Warning: did not find colors.inc` being reported at program start
> - `pvengine.ini` getting overwritten at each program start
>


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From: StephenS
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 13 Mar 2017 17:29:20
Message: <58c70f30$1@news.povray.org>
On 12/03/2017 4:09 PM, clipka wrote:
> XP testing is once again highly welcome:
...
>> - `Warning: did not find colors.inc` being reported at program start
>> - `pvengine.ini` getting overwritten at each program start

Seems to be working, including current cmedit32-sse2.dll.

Stephen S


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Windows XP (or Server 2003) testing required
Date: 13 Mar 2017 18:02:23
Message: <58c716ef$1@news.povray.org>
Am 13.03.2017 um 22:29 schrieb StephenS:
> On 12/03/2017 4:09 PM, clipka wrote:
>> XP testing is once again highly welcome:
> ....
>>> - `Warning: did not find colors.inc` being reported at program start
>>> - `pvengine.ini` getting overwritten at each program start
> 
> Seems to be working, including current cmedit32-sse2.dll.

Thanks. I think that should wrap up the topic of Visual Studio 2015 vs.
XP compatibility.

Starting with the next beta, the project files as available from GitHub
will not build XP-compatible binaries "out of the box" anymore (as it
turned out to make typical custom builds overly complicated); however,
instructions will be included on how to achieve XP-compatibility with a
more complex build process, which we'll also use for the official builds
(*).

(* Future development (alpha) builds may be an exception, as we'll
presumably be using the AppVeyor automated build service again for
those, and they might not allow to customize the build process to the
extent necessary.)


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