"Jerome M. BERGER" <jbe### [at] enstfr> writes:

> Bjoern Jaeger wrote:
> > 
> > Yep, a parameter like samples_per_Pov_unit would be a great help. Then
> > you wouldn't always have to use worst-case-settings. Maybe it could
> > speed many scenes up.
> > 
> 	Well, I've gone ahead and added it :) Now the question is: how do I
> distribute it? It's my first patch, so I have no idea what's the best
> way to do it...

In my opinion, you should try to get it into the superpatch. This way,
people will be able to use it along with other patches. (Probably, most
users who would use a patched version of POV-Ray want to use other 
modifications, too.)

As far as I know, Ron prefers the modified source code. He can then use
diff3 to include it. 

On the other hand, I suspect that when you add your code to the superpatch
yourself he will accept this, too.

I hope this helps
Thomas

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Thomas Willhalm wrote:
> 
> In my opinion, you should try to get it into the superpatch. This way,
> people will be able to use it along with other patches. (Probably, most
> users who would use a patched version of POV-Ray want to use other
> modifications, too.)
> 
> As far as I know, Ron prefers the modified source code. He can then use
> diff3 to include it.
> 
> On the other hand, I suspect that when you add your code to the superpatch
> yourself he will accept this, too.
> 
> I hope this helps
> Thomas
> 
	Thanks for your advice. The problem is that my patch was made from
uvpov and therefore can't be easily integrated into the superpatch. As
soon as Nathan releases his megapatch, I'll try to include my
modifications and send them to him...

		Jerome
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Ken wrote:
> 
> I always encourage patch writters to add the source for their patch to
> their web site if they have one and let me know about it so that I can
> advertise it in the unofficial patches section of the povray.org links
> page. This way anyone looking for patches has a digest of the patches
> available to choose from. I also consider it a possible resource for
> the POV-Team to draw from and you never know it might be added in some
> future version of POV-Ray if there is enough popular interest in it.
> A good description of the patches features and what it can do for the
> user is a big plus.
> 
        I've made a web page for my patch at
http://www.enst.fr/~jberger/mpov.html with a quick description and a
link to download the source. I can make a linux binary if somebody
wants, but I can't make a windows executable.

        Please, don't judge the patch from the sample pictures: they
were made
rather quickly and are poorly chosen, I'll try to come up with something
better rapidly.

        Any comment or suggestion is of course appreciated.

                Jerome
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"Jerome M. BERGER" wrote:

>         I've made a web page for my patch at
> http://www.enst.fr/~jberger/mpov.html with a quick description and a
> link to download the source. I can make a linux binary if somebody
> wants, but I can't make a windows executable.

 This has been added to the collection and should show up at povray.org in
the next day or two.

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