This message is for the people running Debian/Ubuntu scribus-cvs package (1.3.x branch) from our repositories.
As they say "le roi est mort, vive le roi!" or "the king is dead, long live the king". I've just uploaded a new package scribus-ng (ng = New Generation) to our repositories. It supersedes the venerable experimental scribus-cvs package. Please install scribus-ng if you'd like to use Scribus 1.3.3.1. From now on scribus-cvs is deprecated. Note that you have to install scribus-ng-doc if you'd like to have the documentation. I moved the documentation out into a separate package due to its non DFSG-free nature. As a result I am now able to and will introduce scribus-ng and scribus-ng-doc into the official Debian archive (into the main and non-free categories respectively). scribus-ng is a fully Debian Policy compliant package. It means no more use of /usr/local, but the scribus-ng package will continue to co-exist with the scribus (1.2.x branch) package. The binary to run for 1.3.x version is "scribus-ng", of course. If you still have questions please email me directly. Docs at http://debian.scribus.net have been updated to reflect this change. I am not planning to make a transitional "dummy" scribus-cvs package to automate the transition at the moment. Let's see how many are paying attention when running experimental/developmental versions. Regards, Your Scribus Debian package maintainer, Alex
