As a reminder, Le Forgeron has a mirror at:
  https://github.com/LeForgeron/PovContributions

However, there have been several updates to the Object Collection
between Le Forgeron's last GitHub refresh and the server crash earlier
this year.  Six of these were mine, and I have created a GitHub
repository with these.  This repository is at:

  https://github.com/CousinRicky/POV-Ray-Object-Collection

The Object Collection server created several administrative files that
are not included in the GitHub repos.  Since I list these files in my
user manuals, I have needed to update the user manuals accordingly.
Since one of these files was a README with information about using the
Object Collection and a brief note about the user's rights under the
LGPL, I have also added some of this information to the user manuals and
SDL header comments.  To avoid confusion over these minor edits, I
modified the version numbers, but there are no functional differences
from the latest POV server uploads.

The 6 updated modules are:
  AndroidRobot 5.0A
  CoffeeMug 2.0.1A
  RC3Metal 1.3A
  RoundEdge 2.0A
  ScaryCoronavirus 1.0B
  SphereSweep 2.1A

Due to my modules residing in multiple repositories even after the
Object Collection server is restored, I will be updating my remaining
user manuals in the same way over time.

Due to the 3.8 rollback, the latest version of BrightStar5, 1.1.1, will
not work properly with the beta versions of POV-Ray 3.8 if #version is
set to 3.8.  BrightStar5 1.1.2 will correct this and will be uploaded to
my repository shortly.  In the meantime, the previous version, 1.1,
works and is still available at Le Forgeron's GitHub repository.

Rafael also added a couple dozen contributions during this period.  His
repository is at:
  http://freeray.juegosenlazaruscostarricenses.com/

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On 2015/21-08-15 3:21 PM (-4), Cousin Ricky wrote:
> 
> Due to the 3.8 rollback, the latest version of BrightStar5, 1.1.1, will
> not work properly with the beta versions of POV-Ray 3.8 if #version is
> set to 3.8.  BrightStar5 1.1.2 will correct this and will be uploaded to
> my repository shortly.  In the meantime, the previous version, 1.1,
> works and is still available at Le Forgeron's GitHub repository.

BrightStar5 1.1.2 is now uploaded to GitHub at
https://github.com/CousinRicky/POV-Ray-Object-Collection/tree/main/BrightStar5

BrightStar5 1.1.2 is updated for POV-Ray 3.8 beta, and the JRASC link is
updated in the acknowledgments section of the User Manual.

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Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> On 2015/21-08-15 3:21 PM (-4), Cousin Ricky wrote:
> >
> > Due to the 3.8 rollback, the latest version of BrightStar5, 1.1.1, will
> > not work properly with the beta versions of POV-Ray 3.8 if #version is
> > set to 3.8.  BrightStar5 1.1.2 will correct this and will be uploaded to
> > my repository shortly.  In the meantime, the previous version, 1.1,
> > works and is still available at Le Forgeron's GitHub repository.
>
> BrightStar5 1.1.2 is now uploaded to GitHub at
> https://github.com/CousinRicky/POV-Ray-Object-Collection/tree/main/BrightStar5
>
> BrightStar5 1.1.2 is updated for POV-Ray 3.8 beta, and the JRASC link is
> updated in the acknowledgments section of the User Manual.

Thanks a lot for the work you do on all this !

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Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> As a reminder, Le Forgeron has a mirror at:
>   https://github.com/LeForgeron/PovContributions
>
-------snip------

Thank you so much. It's a long time since I've been here and I was looking for
my nxplanets.inc.

The usual; my hard-drive crashed again. And now I'm using my son's computer...

Greetings

Nekar Xenos

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> The usual; my hard-drive crashed again. And now I'm using my son's computer...
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Nekar Xenos
> 
> 
> 
I hope that you have some good backup.

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On 2021-08-15 3:21 PM (-4), Cousin Ricky wrote:
> 
> Due to my modules residing in multiple repositories even after the
> Object Collection server is restored, I will be updating my remaining
> user manuals in the same way over time.

All 14 of the Object Collection modules that I have contributed or
modified are uploaded to my GitHub account.  Each module now has its own
repository; they are all linked in the README.md at:
  https://github.com/CousinRicky/POV-Ray-Object-Collection

The subfolders under the above repo have been deleted.

Module Name       Version  Status
-----------       -------  ------
AndroidRobot      5.0A     Updated since 2019 April 5
BrightStar5       1.1.2    3.8 compatibility update since server crash
CoffeeMug         2.0.1A   Updated since 2019 April 5
GemCuts           1.0.1    Minor update since the server crash
RC3Metal          1.3A     Updated since 2019 April 5
RoundEdge         2.0A     Updated since 2019 April 5
ScaryCoronavirus  1.0B     New since 2019 April 5
SphereSweep       2.1A     Updated since 2019 April 5
BeamTest          1.2.1A   Unchanged except for documentation
Caption           1.1.1A   Unchanged except for documentation
IntegrateLight    1.0.1A   Unchanged except for documentation
lrchairs          1.1.1A   Unchanged except for documentation and
                           Leroy's URL
Spectrum          4.0.1A   Unchanged except for documentation
TiltedTorus       3.0.1A   Unchanged except for documentation

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On 10/13/21 12:29 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> On 2021-08-15 3:21 PM (-4), Cousin Ricky wrote:
>>
>> Due to my modules residing in multiple repositories even after the
>> Object Collection server is restored, I will be updating my remaining
>> user manuals in the same way over time.
> 
> All 14 of the Object Collection modules that I have contributed or
> modified are uploaded to my GitHub account.  Each module now has its own
> repository; they are all linked in the README.md at:
>    https://github.com/CousinRicky/POV-Ray-Object-Collection
> 
> The subfolders under the above repo have been deleted.
> 
> Module Name       Version  Status
> -----------       -------  ------
> AndroidRobot      5.0A     Updated since 2019 April 5
> BrightStar5       1.1.2    3.8 compatibility update since server crash
> CoffeeMug         2.0.1A   Updated since 2019 April 5
> GemCuts           1.0.1    Minor update since the server crash
> RC3Metal          1.3A     Updated since 2019 April 5
> RoundEdge         2.0A     Updated since 2019 April 5
> ScaryCoronavirus  1.0B     New since 2019 April 5
> SphereSweep       2.1A     Updated since 2019 April 5
> BeamTest          1.2.1A   Unchanged except for documentation
> Caption           1.1.1A   Unchanged except for documentation
> IntegrateLight    1.0.1A   Unchanged except for documentation
> lrchairs          1.1.1A   Unchanged except for documentation and
>                             Leroy's URL
> Spectrum          4.0.1A   Unchanged except for documentation
> TiltedTorus       3.0.1A   Unchanged except for documentation
> 

Cool.

Under https://github.com/CousinRicky/POV-Ray-Object-Collection I am 
still seeing a BrightStar5 directory?

Bill P.

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On 2021-10-14 1:27 PM (-4), William F Pokorny wrote:
> 
> Under https://github.com/CousinRicky/POV-Ray-Object-Collection I am
> still seeing a BrightStar5 directory?

That's because I already announced that URL here, and I didn't want to
orphan anyone who might follow it.  All that's in that folder is a link
to the BrightStar5 repo.  I'll probably delete it later.

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