On 30 Mar 2010 at 15:39, Henry Hartley wrote: > Mike Sleger wrote: > >> > >> What exactly means "not yet stable"? The latest Windows > >> release I see at scribus.net is 1.3.3.14. Is there a > >> later version I could be using? > > There are various development versions available on Sourceforge > (link below). To be honest (hey, why not) I've lost track of what > all the various numbers are but anything 1.3.4 or greater is > currently a development version in some stage. My understanding > (subject to correction from those more in the know than myself) is > that 1.3.5 will eventually become the stable 1.4.0. I see a 1.3.6 so > perhaps that's the current leading edge towards that goal. My guess > is that's where you should go to see what will be in the > not-too-distant future. > > There is also a 1.5.0svn for the truly bleeding edge stuff. I guess > that will become a stable 1.6 someday. I don't see Windows packages > for that but they may be hiding somewhere. > > In any case, they are all "not yet stable" and may crash, behave > badly, eat your hard drive and neuter your cat. You have been > warned. The .sla files created with any of them are practically > guaranteed to be unusable with 1.3.3.x so beware with your important > files. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/
1.3.6 was released about a week ago. I am using it in parallel with 1.3.3.14 and I find it more stable than 1.3.3.14. It has several improvements but it is offocially called a development version. George
