Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 20:57:24 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk> Cc: ports@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Size of ports? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960616205601.22078A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <mDF36078B@longacre.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 16 Jun 1996, Michael Searle wrote: > I have been thinking about porting the 3D modeller sceda - xaero dumps core > all the time, and isn't really a general purpose modeller anyway. I've > compiled it with one minor modification, but to run with Povray it needs a > patched version of Povray. Although it supports other renderers, Povray is > by far the most commonly used free renderer. > > At the moment, the only versions of Povray available from the main Povray > site are limited-life betas of Povray 3. At the sceda site, a patched > version of the Povray 2 source (150K) is available as well as the small > patch needed to get it running with sceda. So, should I put just the patch > in the port, put the patched Povray source in as well, or what? Maybe make > the patched Povray 2 a separate port, on which sceda is dependent, and > upgrade this when Povray 3 release comes out? (mid July) Sounds good - name it something like Povray2patched... (this is just my opinion, though). The features mentioned on the Web page are quite marvelous. Sander > > -- > Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk >
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