Tim Wegner wrote:
The pace of development is so slow (because it's mostly Jonathan) that Fractint has been pretty stable for a long time.
We probably should release.
I have been thinking about this. Why not make the 20.2.05 version as the "official" latest release?? Especially since it has been running the longest between updates, when the 20.0.00 was made available. And 20.2.05 has been "stable for a long time" as you so correctly pointed out above. We all know that software is prone to bugs and errors. So waiting until the perfect release level is made available to the public, before declaring it as "official", may never happen this millenium.
The amount of change since the last release has been considerable.
With the interger math removed, and all of the other extensive changes, it may be awhile before the 20.3.00 version (or subsequent mod levels) becomes stable enough to make it the "official" latest release. And does this mean the name of the program should be changed as well to something like "FractFlo" ?? ;-}
Spanky is a wonderful resource, Noel, and your rationale of updating only with a major release makes sense.
Yes, Noel does run a very useful and frequently accessed site. But my initial comment about the stated 20.0.00 version not being completely accurate, was not an attack. It was only a truthful observation about the current state of releases. I use the site for links all the time with the hosting of Jim Muth's FOTD postings. And advertise it when people ask about available software, though I usually list it as such: Fractint http://www.fractint.org/ (latest Developer's version) http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/ (older official release ver.) http://www.Nahee.com/Software/Wins1821.Zip (older Windows ver.) http://www.deleeuw.com.au/ "ManPWin" (loosely based Windows ver.)
Maybe someone could help html-izing the documentation.
At one time, I had created an MS-Word document of the leatest release (at that time) which corrected most of the grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. And contained as much up-to-date documentation as I could find for that release. There was a Master copy and an RTF version: http://www.Nahee.com/Software/Master_Word_Doc.zip http://www.Nahee.com/Software/RTF_Doc.zip Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/