hi patrick, just for your information...
> It claimed that when entering numbers into real number fields, the > number was always reset to 0 with both scribus 1.2.4.1 dfsg-1ubuntu4 > package from ubuntu main and a self-built scribus 1.3.3 from the > scribus development branch. It says, "Possibly a problem with qt." > > Now, note that the claim was "possibly" a problem with QT...except > that Scribus 1.3.5 -- using the > exact same QT package -- doesn't have the bug. 1.2.4.1 and 1.3.3 use the same QT 1.3.5 (and 1.4 + 1.5) does not (the main task of the 1.3.5 develepment was porting scribus from qt3 to qt4). > So, the bug, if it ever existed (I'm pretty sure I had > 1.3.3 on my box at some point as I update automatically and I don't > recall seeing it), seems to have flown off > into the night with a revision to Scribus, not QT. see above. > Looking through all other bugs for Scribus on Ubuntu, no others > mention QT. There are a few of > those lovely crashes we used to enjoy, even one filed this week > (although that user upgraded to > 9.10 and clearly had something go wrong in the process. Now, he's > blaming Scribus. not all the bugs which happens with scribus on ubuntu are caused by tweaks to the qt library by the ubuntu-kde team. most are probably due to real bugs in scribus, some to misconfiguration from the user side (like the report which started this whole thread: the user had a fontmatrix version which was way too old). the problem is: - when scribus has a bug, the ubuntu folks should forward the bug report to the scribus team (and we all know how responsive normally the scribus devs are!) - when ubunu has a bug, the scribus team should be able to have a fast track channel to report them and get them sorted out. this is not what is happening today and this is a bigger problem we should try to solve. > Anyway, Craig, it might be time to revisit your fixed conviction that > there is a so-called "QT problem" on Ubuntu. > It doesn't seem to be well supported by facts. it is supported by facts, don't worry. even if i never had any of such bug personally, i've done enough scribus support to know that those bugs were real! but (imho) the biggest question is: do we want to fight each other or find together a solution? have a nice day a.l.e
