> ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: Re: [Scribus] Scribus ready for production? > From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> > To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > Date: 23-08-2006 15:51 > > > Seb wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I work for a publishing company, where we use routinely use InDesign for > > covers, posters, flyers and so on, even though most of our computers run > > Linux (Debian flavor). In the coming months we will create a paper > > magazine whose pages will all need to be typeset with an InDesign-like > > software (we often use LaTeX for our books). At this point, we're willing > > to give a go to Scribus since it can use CMYK colors and so on. > > > > According to the website and features lists, Scribus seems ready to be > > deployed for production. Yet, being an open source developer myself I know > > that sometimes more work should be done here and there, that a feature > > mostly works or that a large piece of code can need rewriting to be work > > well with other recent changes. Only insiders can have this kind of > > knowledge, and that's why I'm asking for your help. > > > > Would you consider Scribus to be ready for the creation of a full-featured > > project such as a magazine? > > > If you go to: > > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Made_with_Scribus > > you will find quite a list of things done online and in print with > Scribus. Also, go back to the main page of the Wiki for other advice/help. > If there is anything else you need help with, come back to the list and ask. > Right now, I think the recommendations would be to either use v1.2.5 > (officially the "stable" version) or v1.3.3.3 (officially "unstable" but > quite good and has more features than earlier versions) -- if you're > using Windows, you'll have to use the latter.
We have pretty much abandoned 1.2.x in terms of future updates, although we have not said we will not release a 1.2.6. However we are working all the time on 1.3.4, and we are backporting fixes and stable changes into 1.3.3.4cvs. We will release 1.3.3.4 and possibly 1.3.3.5. Craig
