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Subject:	Re: Change to existing policy on embedding POV-Ray code in Official Files
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:44:06 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote: > In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote: > > The LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) has recently discussed the issue of > > embedded POV-Ray code in Official Parts Library files. After careful > > consideration and with inputs from leading non-LSC members, most notably Lars > > Hassing and Chris Dee, we have agreed that the inclusion of this code is > > undesirable. > > > > Before we make a final decision regarding this matter, we would like to open > > this discussion up to the LDraw community as a whole. Please be constructive > > with your comments. > > > > - The LSC > > Too sad. If I got that complicated language correcly, this means that the > problem presented at http://www.hassings.dk/l3/l3p.html#primsubst and was solved > by embedded POV-code has now regressed to be un-solved again. > > /Tore Actually, the only Official Library parts that have embedded P-R SDL are some of Paul Easter torus primitives. Since nothing was ever done in the first place, nothing is being undone now. If you're like me and frustrated that LGEO is incomplete and not actively being updated, please join onto the LDrawPOV project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ldrawpov Lars is already implementing support for this project in L3P 1.4 -Orion

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		Re: Change to existing policy on embedding POV-Ray code in Official Files
(...) What's entailed? Do you want participants who can test but not do much else? (20 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

		Re: Change to existing policy on embedding POV-Ray code in Official Files
(...) The relatively easy solution on how to make the wrench tool and, even more obvious, the (unofficial) patterned maxifig heads - that solution has become undone. (...) The only thing that ever has frustrated me about LGEO is that I never ever (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

		Re: Change to existing policy on embedding POV-Ray code in Official Files
(...) Lars has already been implementing that support since... what year? 2004? Probably even longer. I may would have joined it, but it didn't work then and I still can't get it to work now, 3½ years later. (tried testdoc.pov) And, like I said, (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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		Re: Change to existing policy on embedding POV-Ray code in Official Files
(...) Too sad. If I got that complicated language correcly, this means that the problem presented at (URL) and was solved by embedded POV-code has now regressed to be un-solved again. /Tore (20 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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