[scribus] Hello World 1) positive praise 2) file format backward compatibility

[Craig Bradney]

Hi

Thanks for the feedback!

1.5 and 1.6 can open docs from 1.4. 1.6 will be able to open both and any previous version.

Craig

> On 19 May 2021, at 13:25, dude <forum4 at dwaves.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello Scribus Team,
> 
> 1) always start with positive praise: absolutely love scribus :)
> 
> being able to do great designs / Desktop Publishing under GNU Linux
> (Debian 10, love Debian :) rather than OSX & Adobe
> 
> a user made a great series of video tutorials for it :)
> 
> https://youtu.be/hMlT9C6xcDw <https://youtu.be/hMlT9C6xcDw>
> 
> (absolutely the best way to learn scribus)
> 
> 2) noticed:
> 
> 2.1.) the latest version ain't available for Debian (1.4.8 is and can
> easily be installed via apt install scributs)
> 
> 2.2.) in the README it is mentioned that coming 1.6 will not be able to
> read file format of 1.4 or 1.5 (as used in the video series)
> 
> so does the user have to worry about the files backward compatibility?
> 
> (imho with Adobe Illustrator it was like this: every version had an
> import function of the previous version... so in order to get the file
> format from 1 to 5 it was necessary:
> 
> to install v2 and import from v1 then save in format v2
> 
> to install v3 and import from v2 then save in format v3
> 
> to install v4 and import from v3 then save in format v4
> 
> to install v5 and import from v4 then save in format v5
> 
> which is quiet a hazzle X-D
> 
> will have 1.6 an import of file formats v1.5 and 1.4?
> 
> best regards & keep up the good work 👍🏻😎🍻
> 
> 
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