[scribus] Scribus Version 1.4.0rc5

[Oleksandr Moskalenko]

Would someone direct the original poster to the http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Ubuntu already? Sheesh...

On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:46 PM, john Culleton wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:36:29 +0200
> "Benedykt 'Silmeth' Jaworski" <b.jaworski at kofeina.net> wrote:
> 
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>> W dniu 15.09.2011 18:37, john Culleton pisze:
>>> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:12:57 -0400
>>> "bobparham at comcast.net" <bobparham at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have completed about one third of a book I am writing. All files
>>>> have been saved in vs.1.4.0rc2. Will I have a problem opening and
>>>> editing these files if I upgrade to vs.1.4.0rc5?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your input.
>>>> 
>>>> Bob P
>>> 
>>> No problem. With Scribus files you can always go forward but never
>>> backward.
>>> 
>> I would *not* say "never", just "often". I think there aren't many
>> problems (if any) with opening newer 1.4.0rc Scribus's file with older
>> 1.4.0rc. The .sla format doesn't change so rapidly AFAIK ;-).
>> 
>> Making backup of these files before saving them with newer version is
>> always a good idea, though.
> 
> In the world of 1.4.0 I cannot think of a reason to go back from rc5 to
> rc2. Almost by definition there are less bugs in rc5 than in rc2 or rc3
> or rc4. In fact I haven't encountered any at all in rc5 but apparently
> someone has.
> 
> It is a fact that although the rc number has not been advanced work
> continues on refining rc5. So it is a bit of a moving target. Thus far
> it hasn't failed me.
> 
> 
> -- 
> John Culleton
> Wexford Press
> "Create Book Covers with Scribus"
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