Am 12.04.2011 12:26, schrieb Peter Nermander: >> IMHO it touch Scribus as well. OK, we have backward compatibility in one >> direction - Scribus opens files created in previous versions. >> But I think when 1.4.0 becomes stable release but more and more user start >> using 1.5 we will need to have in 1.5 possibility of saving for 1.4 at least. >> IMHO it is very very urgent. > > I don't really see the point. > > The old format will not support the features of the new version, so > saving in the old format will most likely lose a lot of what has been > entered into the document. > > And if you can not use the features of the new version, why no stick > to the old stable version? With Scribus there is no problem having > multiple versions installed in parallell (something that is virtually > impossible with most MS products). And the old version of Scribus is > freely available. > > So the solution is easy: If you need to make documents in old Scribus > formats, create them using the old version of Scribus. > > It's just to much work for the developers to keep the possibility to > save to older formats. That time can be a lot better spent on > improving more needed features. > > /Peter >
That's simply true. I didn't see the point of having 2 versions at the same time (and for free :-) ). Open source... Regards Rolf
