[Scribus] The "Great Breakage" is over ???

Gregory Pittman gpittman
Thu Oct 27 20:57:31 CEST 2005


Andreas Vox wrote:

>So:
>* if you are using Scribus 1.3.x in a team, stick to one version as 
>long as possible
>* if your work will be reused in the months to come, better stick to 
>1.2.x
>* never, ever change the Scribus version in the last 4 weeks before a 
>deadline (unless you do a parallel install of the new version 
>(different user account or backup ~/.scribus!) and use it only on 
>copies of the original document)
>
>Scribus 1.3.x has been quite stable up to now. Expect some rough waters 
>ahead!
>  
>
The other thing one should do regardless is save a backup of the last 
Scribus directory (eg, 'cp -r Scribus oldScribus') that worked (both 
built properly and functioned properly). /Then/ update from cvs. It 
would be a lot easier than trying to restore an older cvs version.

Greg




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