Will future major stable releases be able to open and read 1.3.5 development version files ? JLuc
Christoph Sch?fer a ?crit : > ==SCRIBUS 1.3.5 RELEASED== > > After almost 2 years of intensive work, the Scribus Team is proud to announce > the release of Scribus 1.3.5. This release is a major development version on > the road to milestone 1.4, which will be based on 1.3.5. > > Following many testing cycles, the Scribus Team considers this version to be > fairly stable and ready for many real-world use cases. For example, the cover > of the Official Scribus Manual has been created with a release candidate of > 1.3.5. However, since there are still some rough edges, more cautious users > may want to prefer to stick with the officially stable series 1.3.3.x, which > will see its final bugfix release soon. > > The Scribus Team will continue to implement new features and improvements in > a > new experimental branch. Once tested and confirmed as working flawlessly, > they will be backported and become part of the 1.4 milestone. > > In comparison to the latest developer release, Scribus 1.3.5 provides the > following major changes and enhancements: > > - 1.3.5 is based on Qt 4 (the minimum required to run 1.3.5 is Qt 4.4.0) > - A native OS X version, available as DMG file (Universal Binary) > - Improved menu integration with OS X > - Large parts of the canvas and text code have been rewritten > - A new frame type called Render Frames, which allows for rendering markup > languages like LaTeX or POV-Ray inside Scribus > - Added import filters for the following vector formats: Adobe Illustrator, > Xfig, WMF > - Added import filters for colour palettes, including allowing palette import > from EPS/AI files > - Major improvements to the handling of solid colours, as well as new colour > palettes > - Drag and drop improvements > - PDF 1.5 presentation effect support > - Optional embedding of PDF and EPS files > - Transform effects for items > - Path tools for shapes > - Added more additional default shapes, line patterns and arrowheads > - A new line editor for custom line styles > - A new Quick Start Guide in the Help Browser, as well as other major updates > and enhancements to the online help > - Significant enhancements to existing features like the Scrapbook, the Image > Manager or the Font Preview > > > Furthermore, about 1100 feature requests and bugs, large and small, have been > resolved. Detailed overviews of the changes are available here: > > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/1.3.x_Roadmap > > and here: > > http://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php > > ==Important Information== > > Please note that we have branched our code repository: > > - 1.3.5 code is available from the "Version135" branch > (svn://scribus.info/Scribus/branches/Version135/) > > - trunk (=experimental) is now versioned 1.5.0svn > (svn://scribus.info/Scribus/trunk) and has already undergone many changes > > Please update your notes/scripts to reflect this change. > > The Scribus Team still recommends that all distributions package only Scribus > 1.3.3.13 or 1.3.3.14svn. We recommend the additional packaging of 1.3.5 only > if it is marked as a development version and can be installed alongside an > existing Scribus 1.3.3.x (for example as scribus-ng). > > An important reminder: > If you are working with 1.3.3.x and decide to implement some design features > using 1.3.5, you should only work with a copy of your file, since once it is > saved in 1.3.5 format, you will not be able to open it again with 1.3.3.x. > > Similarly, if you are working with a team, try to make sure that all team > members use the same Scribus version -- this will avoid many headaches and > extra work. > > ==Primary Download Location== > > Windows and Mac OSX installers, as well as the source code are available here: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-devel > > > ==Further Download Options== > > - Upstream Debian/Ubuntu repo: http://debian.scribus.net > > - Fedora 10, 11 RPMS: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs > > - openSUSE 11.0+ and SLED RPMs: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs > > - Mandriva 2009 RPM*: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs/Mandriva_2009/ > > *) A package for 2009.1 is not yet available because of a dependency issue. > > ==Source Verification== > > sha1sum scribus-1.3.5.0.tar.bz2 654f68f7651697de480c43ad8e1875e5284c8ec1 > > sha1sum scribus-1.3.5.0.7z ae278e2bec8d402117849373e10877ec63ce8655 > > ==Credits== > > The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net/?verby Consulting for their > continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites. > > As of July 2009, the Scribus Team is also pleased to welcome Resene Colours > (New Zealand) and Marabu-Druckfarben (Germany) as Special Supporters and > donors of colour palettes, most of which will become part of the 1.4 release. > > Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, > translators, > testers and contributors who helped us with this important release. > > > ==About Scribus== > > Scribus is an award-winning, cross-platform Open-Source page layout > application with a focus on high-quality and commercial-grade PDF and > PostScript output. Originally developed on Linux, Scribus runs natively on > Mac OS X, OS/2, many forms of UNIX and Windows 2000/XP/Vista by now. > > Underneath a user-friendly interface, Scribus supports professional > publishing > features, such as CMYK colour, spot colours, separations, ICC colour > management, printing marks and versatile PDF creation, including PDF/X. > > Encouraged by professionals and beginners alike, the Scribus Team, supported > by a large and constantly growing number of enthusiastic contributors from > all over the world, is dedicated to improve "one of the most powerful and > useful open-source projects out there" (TechRepublic). > > ==Links== > > - Scribus Website: http://www.scribus.net > - Scribus Wiki: http://wiki.scribus.net > - Scribus Developer Blog: http://rants.scribus.net/ > - Bugtracker: http://bugs.scribus.net > > - Scribus General Mailing List: > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > - Scribus Development Mailing List: > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus-dev > > - Scribus IRC Channel: irc://irc.freenode.net/#scribus > - Scribus Development IRC Channel: irc://irc.freenode.net/#scribus-dev
