<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Andrew Fountain <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@writeup.org">andrew@writeup.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Back in 2007, the next stable verision was going to be 1.3.6<br>
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> 1.3.4 will not ever be a "stable" version. Soon, it will be superseded<br>
> by 1.3.5, which will also be considered developmental.<br>
> While as I understand it technically the next stable version beyond the<br>
> 1.3.3.x series will be 1.3.6, this will not be for some time. On a<br>
> practical level what is likely to happen is that with time we will see<br>
> most of the 1.3.5 bugs taken care of, more users report good results<br>
> with it, and the late 1.3.5cvs versions should be unofficially pretty<br>
> stable, yet not labeled as such. Then comes the announcement that the<br>
> developmental 1.3.5cvs has morphed like a butterfly into 1.3.6.<br>
><br>
> If you scan the Scribus Archives, you will see ample evidence against<br>
> using 1.3.4 for production work at this time.<br>
><br>
> Greg<br>
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quoted from: <a href="http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/2007-June/034459.html" target="_blank">http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/2007-June/034459.html</a><br>
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By 2010 it was 1.4 that we were waiting for<br>
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> i don't think that the version number needs any explaination anymore.<br>
><br>
> it's an anomalous situation and, as soon as 1.4 will be out, everything<br>
> will be ok again.<br>
><br>
> what you need to know is:<br>
><br>
> - each scribus version get a number 1.x.y.<br>
> - if x is even it's a stable version<br>
> - if x is odd it's a development version<br>
> - y is a sequence of minor bug fixes (and small improvements)<br>
><br>
> on top of it:<br>
> - 1.3.3.14 is a stable version (and is an exception).<br>
> - 1.3.8 and 1.3.9 are the unstable version which will lead -- as soon as<br>
> possible -- to the next stable version: 1.4.<br>
><br>
> - 1.5.x is where the development version<br>
><br>
> ...<br>
><br>
> hope that helps<br>
> a.l.e<br>
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quoted from: <a href="http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/2010-October/039647.html" target="_blank">http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/2010-October/039647.html</a><br>
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Now it appears that 1.4 will be yet another development version and 1.5<br>
will be the stable version. Or will it? Maybe by then we will be<br>
waiting for 1.6?<br>
Can someone clarify?<br>
--Andrew F.<br>
<br></blockquote><div> </div></div>I do not understand the concern over which is the stable version. It seems to me that the result of new development happening all the time is better and greater features. I really can't care less what the version number is so long as the developers continue working on this great product.<br>
<br>At a board meeting last weekend, the members asked me when I was going to let them know how much the software for publishing the magazine was going to cost. They had given me a pretty much unlimited budget for purchasing software needed to produce the magazine. I have now produced 3 quarterly issues and they have not spent anything at all. They were pretty much flabbergasted when I told them not to expect to spend money for software as I was using Linux.<br>
<br>Since most of them are Windoze users, they just cannot understand how this can be. But, in my opinion, what is even better, is that I have the ability to offer feedback to the developers who will add to the usability and reliability of Scribus.<br>
<br>So, pump out all the version numbers you care to release and I'll buy into them all. It definitely benefits me!<br clear="all">-- <br>John Ghormley KJ4UFG<br>Editor, SERA <i>Repeater Journal</i><br>Walkertown, NC USA<br>
<a href="mailto:editor@sera.org" target="_blank">editor@sera.org</a><br><br>