From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Jun 16 10:08:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA26936 for ports-outgoing; Sun, 16 Jun 1996 10:08:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from distortion.eng.umd.edu (distortion.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA26928 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 1996 10:08:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ginger.eng.umd.edu (ginger.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.204]) by distortion.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA00719; Sun, 16 Jun 1996 13:08:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chuckr@localhost) by ginger.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA06586; Sun, 16 Jun 1996 13:08:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 13:08:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@ginger.eng.umd.edu To: Michael Searle cc: ports@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Size of ports? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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) Would the patches make it in any way incompatible with present povray scripts? If not, it sounds like a great addition. Only, I don't know what's sceda? I can't find a sceda port. You sure wouldn't want to make povray dependent on graphics/aero, cause it's so huge! > > -- > Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------