Am Donnerstag, 3. Juni 2010 22:43:05 schrieb mrdocs: > On 6/3/10 10:23 PM, mrdocs wrote: > The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.3.7. > This new release brings us closer to version the next stable release 1.4. > > During this development period the team focused on stabilty and > correctness. > > Almost 50 bugs have been resolved since the release of 1.3.6. In addition, > Scribus 1.3.7 provides some minor enhancements: > > * New Scripter functions > * Usability improvements > * Translation updates > * Updates to the documentation > * PDF bookmark export fixes > * Text layout fixes > > The Scribus Team considers this version to be quite stable and ready for > many real-world use cases. However, since there are still some > annoyances that prevent us from releasing version 1.4, more cautious > users may want to prefer to stick with the officially stable version > 1.3.3.14. > > The Scribus Team will continue to implement new features and > improvements in our 1.5.0 development branch. Features that can be > backported may become part of the 1.4 milestone. > > ==Important Information== > > Please note that we have branched our code repository: > > * 1.3.8svn code (the next iteration of the development version and > prossibly the last before the release of 1.4) 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 continues to undergo heavy changes. > Please use this branch for testing only! > > The Scribus Team recommends that all distributions package Scribus > 1.3.3.14 as "Scribus" or "scribus". We recommend the additional packaging > of 1.3.7 only if it is marked as a development version and can be installed > alongside an existing Scribus 1.3.3.14 (for example as "scribus-ng"). > > An important reminder: > If you are working with 1.3.3.x and decide to implement some design > features available in 1.3.7, you should only work with a copy of your > file, since once it is saved in 1.3.7 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 > > OS/2 installers will be added soon. > > > ==Further Download Options== > > - Upstream Debian/Ubuntu repo: http://debian.scribus.net > > - Fedora 11, 12, 13 RPMS: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs > > - openSUSE 11+ and SLED RPMs: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs > * Note installing 1.3.7 on SLE11 requires upgrading Qt to 4.5.2, which > will automatically be provided via yast > > - Mandriva 2010 RPM: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs/Mandriva_2010/ > > ==Source Verification== > > sha1sum scribus-1.3.7.tar.bz2 9a5c68c0d72d4ced86900a80725f34aeb1e4a481 > > sha1sum scribus-1.3.7.7z 3b74067c4b1cc62a1e917dcd01f3a49fb626b079 > > ==Credits== > > The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net/?verby Consulting (Norway) > for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites. > > We are also grateful to Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring. > > Moreover, the Scribus Team is pleased to name Resene Colours (New > Zealand), dtp studio (Germany), Serenity Systems (USA), Vectorportal > (Russia) and Marabu-Druckfarben (Germany) as Special Supporters. > > 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 > Also, import filters for Mac PICT files and Calamus Vector Graphics (CVG) have been backported from 1.5svn.
Christoph
