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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Beta 25 up
Date: 4 Feb 2008 08:44:08
Message: <47a716a8$1@news.povray.org>
Beta 25 for Windows is up. Linux should follow shortly.

For windows users, the most immediately noticeable change will be that all
pvengine.exe options will revert to their default (i.e. anything that used
to be stored in PVENGINE.INI). This is due to the fact that these settings
are now stored in the registry. (This doesn't affect the editor, since
those settings were already stored in the registry).

More comprehensive release notes and links to the download are as always at

  http://www.povray.org/beta/

-- Chris


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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Beta 25 up
Date: 4 Feb 2008 09:13:16
Message: <47a71d7c$1@news.povray.org>

> For windows users, the most immediately noticeable change will be that all
> pvengine.exe options will revert to their default (i.e. anything that used
> to be stored in PVENGINE.INI). This is due to the fact that these settings
> are now stored in the registry.

No automatic setting migration on first run? :(


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From: Sven Littkowski
Subject: Re: Beta 25 up
Date: 4 Feb 2008 21:42:46
Message: <47a7cd26$1@news.povray.org>
I wonder if the POV team likes my idea of a slogan for the About window of 
the famous raytracer..? See the second thread below this one...

Sven



"Chris Cason" <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> schrieb im 
Newsbeitrag news:47a716a8$1@news.povray.org...
> Beta 25 for Windows is up. Linux should follow shortly.
>
> For windows users, the most immediately noticeable change will be that all
> pvengine.exe options will revert to their default (i.e. anything that used
> to be stored in PVENGINE.INI). This is due to the fact that these settings
> are now stored in the registry. (This doesn't affect the editor, since
> those settings were already stored in the registry).
>
> More comprehensive release notes and links to the download are as always 
> at
>
>  http://www.povray.org/beta/
>
> -- Chris


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: Beta 25 up
Date: 5 Feb 2008 05:03:25
Message: <47a8346d$1@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

>> For windows users, the most immediately noticeable change will be that all
>> pvengine.exe options will revert to their default (i.e. anything that used
>> to be stored in PVENGINE.INI). This is due to the fact that these settings
>> are now stored in the registry.
> 
> No automatic setting migration on first run? :(

I was really tempted to do it, but figured there aren't really a whole lot
of settings that folk are likely to customize ... that said, I might build
migration code into the installer once that's written.

(anyone here familiar with installshield? ;)

-- Chris


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From: Jim Holsenback
Subject: Re: Beta 25 up
Date: 5 Feb 2008 10:33:43
Message: <47a881d7$1@news.povray.org>
"Chris Cason" <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote in 
message news:47a8346d$1@news.povray.org...
> (anyone here familiar with installshield? ;)
>
> -- Chris

is this the product you're talking about?

http://www.macrovision.com/products/installation/installshield.htm

what kind of timeframe are you taking about here? I'm asking because I might 
be willing to take this on. I'm a quick study! Are you willing to work with 
someone on a learning curve?

Jim


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: Beta 25 up
Date: 5 Feb 2008 16:11:41
Message: <47a8d10d$1@news.povray.org>
Jim Holsenback wrote:
> is this the product you're talking about?
> 
> http://www.macrovision.com/products/installation/installshield.htm

yep ... we have a license for InstallShield 12 Professional.

> what kind of timeframe are you taking about here? I'm asking because I might 
> be willing to take this on. I'm a quick study! Are you willing to work with 
> someone on a learning curve?

sure: can't be worse than my learning curve ;] ... I've never used the
product. we have some special requirements for 3.7, including the need for
a 32 and 64-bit install and the ability to have a separate install process
that can be fired up from POVWIN if it detects it's running for the first
time in a particular user account: it needs to copy local files (such as
the user's local copy of scenes and includes, insert menu, and so forth).

please email me if you want to take this on.

thanks!

-- Chris


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From: Zan Trajkov
Subject: Re: Beta 25 up
Date: 6 Feb 2008 07:02:26
Message: <47a9a1d2$1@news.povray.org>
Chris Cason wrote:

> 
> (anyone here familiar with installshield? ;)
> 
> -- Chris

Hello Chris,

I'm familiar with installshield.

(Only IS X, platform Windows 32 bit, mixed InstallScript/MSI type of 
install)

I haven't looked at IS 12 yet, but there shouldn't be much difference.

Maybe i can give some assistance if needed.



--


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From: Jim Holsenback
Subject: Re: Beta 25 up
Date: 7 Feb 2008 10:03:55
Message: <47ab1ddb@news.povray.org>
"Chris Cason" <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote in 
message news:47a8d10d$1@news.povray.org...
> please email me if you want to take this on.
>
> thanks!
>
> -- Chris

I tried to reply to the email I got from you this morning and it bounced 
.... see the message header
--------

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its 
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

w10### [at] povrayorg

SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<w10### [at] povrayorg>:

host mail.povray.org [203.29.75.34]: 550 5.7.1 <w10### [at] povrayorg>... 
Rejected:

66.6.63.8 listed at xbl.spamhaus.org

-------

So I'm goning to post my reply here.

It seems to me that the team would be better servered by someone who has an 
Install Shield background so I'm inclined to defer to Zan's expertise.

Jim


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: Beta 25 up
Date: 8 Feb 2008 05:11:59
Message: <47ac2aef@news.povray.org>
Jim Holsenback wrote:
> 66.6.63.8 listed at xbl.spamhaus.org

See http://cbl.abuseat.org/lookup.cgi?ip=66.6.63.8&.submit=Lookup

Basically it means some spam was emanating from that IP in recent days.

> It seems to me that the team would be better servered by someone who has an 
> Install Shield background so I'm inclined to defer to Zan's expertise.

ok - thanks a lot for the offer anyhow.

regards,

-- Chris


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: Beta 25 up
Date: 8 Feb 2008 05:13:54
Message: <47ac2b62@news.povray.org>
Zan Trajkov wrote:
> Hello Chris,
> 
> I'm familiar with installshield.
> 
> (Only IS X, platform Windows 32 bit, mixed InstallScript/MSI type of install)
> 
> I haven't looked at IS 12 yet, but there shouldn't be much difference.
> 
> Maybe i can give some assistance if needed.

That would be great, thanks for the offer. I'll be in touch via email.

regards,

-- Chris


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