On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 18:14 -1000, wayne wrote: > On Thursday 14 July 2005 02:45 pm, Craig Bradney wrote: > > > The Scribus Team is pleased to announce a technology preview of the next > > generation of Scribus - Open Source Desktop Publishing. > > > > The aim for this release is to bring improvements and enhancements for > > both professionals and beginning users alike. 1.3.0 improves Scribus' > > abilities in areas like performance, accessibility and workflow. With > > this release, we also commence support for Scribus running natively on > > Windows and Mac OS X. > > > > While it is very stable and usable, there are a number of under the hood > > changes which will continue through the 1.3.x series > > Is this release meant for serious work? Can I stop using 1.2.2.1?
1.3.0 is the first milestone in the development series. There are some significant bugs open for it, and a lot of things are still in flux. On the flip side, it has some big improvements over 1.2.2.1 . Some even bigger ones, including crucial things like char styles, are still to come. You /can/ use it for production work - as any release. Craig Bradney did some professional printing with late 1.3.0cvs recently, for example. There is a higher chance of gotcha's in 1.3.0 however, and it will become obsolete much faster than a stable milestone as development continues rapidly. It depends on how badly you need the facilities in 1.3.0 and how much you like to "live on the edge." -- Craig Ringer
