[scribus] Problem embedding fonts in pdf and workaround

[Gregory Pittman]

On 10/28/20 11:20 AM, ZASKE Martin wrote:
> Dear Joe,
> 
> For many years I use version 1.5 which behaves very very well and always
> keep version 1.4 on my machines for looking at older files and for
> re-using old elements by copy and paste.

I think the language that pops up when you start 1.5.6svn is unnecessarily alarming: "UNSTABLE. For testing purposes only!"

At this stage of Scribus development, let alone this stage of the development of Scribus 1.5.6 (which we're very close to releasing as the "new stable" version), I think it would be better that the message says "DEVELOPMENTAL VERSION", and just leave it at that. After all, we have bugs that sometimes pop up in the stable version, temporarily making it unusable.

If anyone has questions, it's best to come to the mail list to find out if there are important unresolved issues with the latest developmental version. At this point, we could easily say that the stable 1.4.9 version has issues in that it is missing the new functionality that 1.5.6 offers.

Greg