Is Povray dead?
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From: Penang on 22 Dec 2009 07:42 There hasn't been any development since Aug or Sept, 2009. Their beta page also stuck in the past. http://povray.org/beta/ Is Povray dead?
From: Johnw on 22 Dec 2009 08:38 Penang expressed precisely : > There hasn't been any development since Aug or Sept, 2009. > > Their beta page also stuck in the past. > > http://povray.org/beta/ > > Is Povray dead? Seems to be a fair bit happening in their newsgroups, should be able to find out there. POV-Ray http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&q=POV-Ray&meta=&aq=&oq=&fp=c8ba78bebac0be33 http://news.povray.org/groups/ http://news.povray.org/povray.windows/ http://news.povray.org/povray.general/ http://news.povray.org/povray.news-submissions/ http://f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/pov__eng.htm
From: rich on 24 Dec 2009 12:07 On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:42:44 -0800, Penang wrote: > There hasn't been any development since Aug or Sept, 2009. > > Their beta page also stuck in the past. > > http://povray.org/beta/ > > Is Povray dead? Not dead but maybe superceded. I used povray back in DOS days when it took 30 minutes to render a sphere which at the time you thought was wonderful. But there is Blender (which I think overly complicated) http://www.blender.org/ and Bryce v.5 (try this or hunt around)) <http://download.cnet.com/3001-20_4-10974201.html? spi=2987e909e3f22001f48af8b82e4c9147> plus need to register it. http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/bryce/-/breg55? -- rich
From: Penang on 29 Dec 2009 04:20 On Dec 22, 1:38 am, Johnw <jm...(a)webace.com.au> wrote: > Penang expressed precisely : > > > There hasn't been any development since Aug or Sept, 2009. > > > Their beta page also stuck in the past. > > >http://povray.org/beta/ > > > Is Povray dead? > > Seems to be a fair bit happening in their newsgroups, should be able to > find out there. > > POV-Rayhttp://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&q=POV-Ray&meta=&aq=&oq=&fp=c8ba78beba... > > http://news.povray.org/groups/ > > http://news.povray.org/povray.windows/ > > http://news.povray.org/povray.general/ > > http://news.povray.org/povray.news-submissions/ > > http://f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/pov__eng.htm Hmm... Christmas came and gone. In less than 100 hours 2010 will arrive. And PovRay? Still nothing. Beta status still the same. Still stuck at beta 34, which expires back in 1st Oct 2009. No new bug reported or squashed. No new development anywhere. Even the newsgroup activities have dwindled. I think it's safe to say PovRay is dead, but I'll be very happy if someone can prove me wrong :) BTW, Happy New Year to all !
From: Penang on 29 Dec 2009 04:21 On Dec 24, 5:07 am, rich <r...(a)nohome.com> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:42:44 -0800, Penang wrote: > > There hasn't been any development since Aug or Sept, 2009. > > > Their beta page also stuck in the past. > > >http://povray.org/beta/ > > > Is Povray dead? > > Not dead but maybe superceded. I used povray back in DOS days when it > took 30 minutes to render a sphere which at the time you thought was > wonderful. > > But there is Blender (which I think overly complicated)http://www.blender..org/ > > and Bryce v.5 (try this or hunt around)) > <http://download.cnet.com/3001-20_4-10974201.html? > spi=2987e909e3f22001f48af8b82e4c9147> > plus need to register it.http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/bryce/-/breg55? > > -- > rich I tried Blender, but my simple mind just can't handle it :) Bryce, I heard that it has gone to version 6. But haven't tried it yet.
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