Do these snapshots work like patches so I download and run them and update the current version I have installed?
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > Steven Dayton wrote: > >> GAAAAAAAAAAAA!! >>> >>> >>>> Please forget that 1.3.4 ever existed. >>>> >>>> OTOH, switching to Linux will set you free! >>>> >>>> But to be honest, there are some 1.3.5svn snapshots available for >>>> Windows, >>>> and worth checking out. >>>> >>>> http://www.scribus.net/?q=taxonomy/term/34 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Why? What happened that people would mention that version. I am new to >> Sribus (just installed it last week). >> >> I hope you will pardon my ingnorance and tell me what does .svn stand for? >> When I downloaded the Windows version it said the current stable version. >> I >> am assuming that the 1.3.5 is still being worked on may not be certified >> stable. Is that correct? >> >> > The problem with 1.3.4 was that it was just the very beginning of a host of > new features, introduced in May, 2007. It has never had any bugfixes, since > very soon thereafter, the underlying qt3 was switched to qt4, and this is > what 1.3.5svn is based on. The svn part relates to the use of subversion as > the versioning system. You can use subversion, for example, for downloading > and compiling frequent updates. What these snapshots represent is someone > periodically compiling the svn version for you, very useful for someone > using Windows. > > The current *stable* version is 1.3.3.12, and there is also a bugfix > version of this, 1.3.3.13svn, and once again there are some snapshots of > this available. At the moment, 1.3.3.12 or 1.3.3.13svn are the best choices > for someone just learning Scribus. > > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- mmm Bread. From wheat to eat. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20090304/b8be6d22/attachment.htm>
