* Jan Claeys <lists at janc.be> [2007-03-13 19:54:30 +0100]: > On di, 2007-03-13 at 11:21 -0600, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote: > > * Jan Claeys <lists at janc.be> [2007-03-13 14:26:59 +0100]: > > > > > On ma, 2007-03-12 at 21:39 +1000, Elaine de Saxe wrote: > > > > The first is Ubuntu and I discover to my surprise, that I can only > > > > get 1.2x via Synaptic. > > > > > > $ apt-cache show scribus-ng | grep Version: > > > Version: 1.3.3.7.dfsg-1 > > > > > > So, by installing the 'scribus-ng' package, you get version 1.3.3.7 (on > > > Feisty, which is about to be released around April 19th). > > > It should be 1.3.3.8. Are you using our edgy repository? > > No, I mean the official repository (just pointing out that Elaine got > this "only 1.2.x" wrong). > > (Actually, this "dfsg" in the version string means that this is a > recompiled Debian package that has something from upstream excluded--is > there anything non-free in the Scribus source tarball?)
Documentation is non-free. That's why I have a package called 'scribus-ng-doc' and all users of our repositories should use "non-free" (Debian) or "restricted" (Ubuntu) in the source lines for our repositories i.e. deb http://debian.tagancha.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib or deb http://debian.tagancha.org/debian/ edgy main restricted > > If the scribus-ng from edgy doesn't work on feisty please tell me and > > I'll build a package and start another branch in our repos. > > Why don't you create official packages & backports for Ubuntu > instead? ;-) > That would make things easier for most Ubuntu users... It is my understanding that the official Ubuntu package of Scribus is a rebuild of the package that I as a Debian Developer uploaded into Debian before Ubuntu pulled their Debian/sid snapshot as a base for their new release. Since I already make Ubuntu packages & backports for the latest 2-3 releases and provide them from our upstream repositories I know that those Ubuntu users who spent a minute of their time on adding our repository and archive key to their package manager would have the latest Scribus release when I package it. It seems to me that with the current Ubuntu mode of operations achieving the goal of having the latest Scribus package in 2-3 recent releases would be extremely difficult and is just not worth the trouble. Of course I could be wrong, so I'd be happy to learn from you how the Ubuntu mode of operation (branch a snapshot of Debian sid, add/change Ubuntu-only stuff, release) and release schedule can be reconciled with the Scribus Development Team's release schedule and what I can do to make sure Ubuntu has the latest Scribus package. Regards, Alex. > BTW: I think that at least some of the bugs that caused problems for > Scribus in Ubuntu are fixed in Feisty (but I'm not 100% sure as I have > no "virgin install" to test on right now). Feisty also includes the > 'Polymer' Qt skin, so now Scribus doesn't have to look like a Win95 > application (or worse). That's good to hear. I'd like to repeat that implore the users of my packages to tell me when the Edgy package stops working for Feisty. > -- > Jan Claeys > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
