POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : Where IS pov 3.5 for *nix anyway? : Re: Where IS pov 3.5 for *nix anyway? Server Time
28 Jul 2024 12:33:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Where IS pov 3.5 for *nix anyway?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 5 Dec 2001 13:49:54
Message: <slrna0sr2l.f81.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 19:35:21 +0100, Adrien Beau wrote:
> 
> Several of the people that have access to the source
> code of POV-Ray 3.5 have successfully managed to compile
> and run it. I think Warp is one of them. But right now,
> the Team lacks a Linux/Unix specialist that could properly
> test the binary and create the install scripts, etc.

Actually, we have one, but he's been dealing with more important 
issues lately.  I've been keeping the source working and doing 
tests, but I'm not really qualified to make an installer for it
all, so we're hoping that now that our Linux guy has more time 
maybe we can get something out.

> Nobody can work on the Linux version, so no release
> date can be announced. And besides, the POV-Team
> never announces release dates.

Well, I'm working on the Linux version.  I just don't have anything
that can be installed on Joe Random's Linux machine.

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