[scribus] Scribus in Catalina

[Gregory Pittman]

On 10/24/19 5:14 PM, Bert Driehuis wrote:
> Dear Matthew,
> 
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 5:37 PM Matthew Lybanon <lybanon at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Scribus 1.4.8 is the latest stable release. What are the dangers in using
>> 1.5?
>>
> 
> The major changes that went into Scribus 1.5.3 have only received a few
> years of testing in the field, so there may be bugs lurking there. You will
> find that many tutorials written for Scribus 1.4 do not apply cleanly to
> Scribus 1.5. Also, Scribus cannot edit documents saved by too new versions,
> so if you work in a team, everyone needs to be on the same release series.
> 
> Myself, I use both 1.5.x and 1.4.x.  I use 1.5 when I need new features,
> such as OpenType advanced font features, and I use 1.4 to edit older
> documents. If you have no need to support older documents I would recommend
> starting with 1.5. If you have existing Scribus 1.4 documents, I would
> caution against upgrading to Catalina until you know that you can support
> your workflow with 1.5. As with any software update, considerable changes
> went into 1.5 and you will need time to learn and appreciate the new
> features.
> 
> I have no complaints about the stability of either 1.4.8 or 1.5.5.
> 

It probably won't be so long before 1.5.x becomes the new stable version. 
If you're concerned about editing 1.4.x documents with 1.5.5, just save them under a slightly different name.

Greg