> ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: Re: [Scribus] Scribus 1.3.4 in Ubuntu amd64 repositories > From: John R. Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> > To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > Date: 06-08-2007 14:32 > > > On Monday 06 August 2007, Craig Ringer wrote: > > John R. Culleton wrote: > > > On Monday 06 August 2007, Craig Ringer wrote: > > >> There should be no need to build Scribus from source. You can if > > >> you like, but it's probably nicer to use packages to do the job. > > > > > > One of the strengths of Linux is the ablility to go forward and > > > backward thorugh versions of a package by downloading tarballs > > > and copiling them. Packaging systems just get in the way, as the > > > instant case clearly illustrates. > > > > It depends on the user. > > In the instant case it depends on Ubuntu. Ubuntu doesn't have the > stable version in its repository and therefore the user is stuck with > a mostly unusable unstable version. Either he compiles from source > or does without Scribus.
http://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=4&page=1 indicates as Craig has outlined. debian and derivative users who want stability should use the "scribus" package. Regards Craig
