Marc Sabatella wrote: [] >> It seems as if Scribus developers get the blame for distros packaging >> 1.3.4 as a stable version even though it isn't?
You can't blame the distros, either, given the way how 1.3.4 was announced originally: <http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/2007-May/024052.html> > Hmm. I don't think I am "blaming" anyone for anything, and I certainly > don't mean to imply that I think the developers are deliberately trying to > mislead folks. I am simply trying to point out that, to someone not already > familiar with the inner workings of this project, it is easy to develop some > wrong idea about 1.3.4. Not because the site contains any out and out lies, > but just because it isn't very clear. It is true that it is "obvious" > something is a bit odd. But frankly, the impression I got was not "hmm, I > guess 1.3.4 must be unstable", but rather, "hmm, I guess the developers are > too busy to really update the web site to make the new version easier to > obtain". Obviously, the wrong conclusion, but again, there is nothing > specific on the web site to prevent that sort of misunderstanding. Actually, I don't think you were misunderstanding anything. When 1.3.4 was first announced, it was *not* announced as a development release that should be used with care, but as *the* new release. Only later, when it turned out that it was not as bug-free as the previous development releases had been, were the words "new developement" [sic] included into the announcement on the web site. From the discussion it has become clear that 1.3.4 is not an actual development release, but it still can serve for beta-testing some of the new features in the development branch 1.3.5svn which hasn't seen a release so far. -- Martin
