[Scribus] Which version to use?

Craig Bradney cbradney
Mon Jun 18 09:02:50 CEST 2007


> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Re: [Scribus] Which version to use?
> From: russbucket <russbucket at nwi.net>
> To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
> Date: 18-06-2007 5:34
> 
> 
> On Sunday June 17 2007 14:45, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> > Craig Bradney wrote:
> > > On Sunday 17 June 2007 15:37:43 Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> > >> On 6/17/07, Franz Rogar wrote:
> > >>> 1.3.4 file format will be 100% compatible with 1.3.5 file format or
it
> > >>> will have that huge problems as for 1.3.3.x --> 1.3.4?
> > >>
> > >> 1.3.4 might be compatible with 1.3.5, but not with 1.3.6. Using 1.3.4
> > >> and unstable version is generally not recommended,
> > >
> > > 1.3.6 will load 1.3.5 docs
> > > 1.3.6 will load 1.3.4 docs
> > > 1.3.6 will load 1.3.3 docs
> > > see a pattern?
> >
> > The issue you have to deal with now is that if you get stuck in 1.3.4,
> > whatever you have done will not be able to be opened in 1.3.3.x or
> > earlier. Stuck can mean a file that keeps crashing Scribus, or something
> > you can't get to look the way you want it to. For something critical,
> > for someone new to Scribus, you will have a much more dependable tool
> > with 1.3.3.x.
> >
> > Greg
> I tried 1.3.3.10 from OpenSuSE and it keep crashing with Signal 11 when I 
> tried opening a 1.3.3.7 file with a total of five pictures. Turns out two
of 
> the pictures were bigger than the frame. When I deleted the pictures, 
> rescaled the pictures with Gimp 480x360 to 256x192 and put them back, it 
> worked. I was looking for a version 1.3.3.9 for SuSE 10.2 but only found 
> 1.3.4 and 1.3.5 and the older 1.3.3.7. 
> 
> I installed 1.3.5svn ? and it appears to would with a 1.3.4 document but
the 
> style sheets are giving me the same problem I was seeing in 1.3.4. I will 
> investigate further and make sure its not an operator problem first.

1.3.5 has not been released and as such is undergoing major Qt3 to Qt4
replacement work. 

1.3.3.10 should open 1.3.3.7 docs with no problems. If it has some issue,
please submit a bug.

Craig





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