On 02/19/2011 06:45 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > On 02/19/2011 12:11 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:21:58 +0100 >> Peter Linnell<mrdocs at scribus.info> dijo: >> >>>>>>> John Jason Jordan<johnxj at comcast.net> dijo: >>>>>>>> My main computer is my laptop, which has Fedora 14, x86_64. >>>>>>> I finally found it. The syntax is "yum >>>>>>> --enablerepo=updates-testing install scribus." But apparently >>>>>>> 1.4.0 RC1 isn't in updates-testing yet: >>>>>>> scribus-1.3.9-1.fc14.x86_64 already installed and latest version >>>>>>> Nothing to do >>>>>> I just verified that 1.4.0 RC1 is not yet in Fedora >>>>>> updates-testing. Has it not been sent to them yet? Or have the >>>>>> fine folks at Fedora lost the file? >> >>>> All Linux users have the option of downloading the source code via >>>> svn, compiling Scribus, and installing it. The Wiki gives adequate >>>> instructions. That frees you from waiting on someone to put together >>>> a deb or rpm package. You will first need to download and install >>>> the gcc compiler. I already to this each night for the 1.5.0 >>>> version. Today I will set it up for 1.4.0 as well. >> >>> Correct. However, some folks like to use their native package manager >>> for their distribution. Even someone like me who has all the >>> development tools needed, I generally prefer even myself to use >>> packages. The exceptions for me are Scribus and Fontmatrix. >>> >>> Moreover, not everyone has the knowledge of diagnosing failed compiles. >>> Often the error messages are not exactly friendly to someone new to >>> Linux.. >>> >>> As for Scribus, I think the team as a whole does a really good job of >>> releasing packages for all the platforms in a timely manner. Most of >>> the time the MacOSX, Windows, Debian/Ubuntu and rpms are all ready at >>> release time. Os/2 usually does not lag too often either. (Thanks >>> Paul!) >> >> I am sure that the problem lies with Fedora. When 1.3.9 was released I >> was able to install it from updates-testing right away. But they seem >> to have misplaced the 1.4.0 RC1 package. > > Fedora has a bit of a patchy track record on inclusion of new versions, > and especially with Scribus. In the past, they were including ones > considered inadvisable (the dreaded 1.3.4, for example). > > Aside from the desirability to have the latest/greatest, those unwilling > to compile simply should wait it out. > > Greg > Hi,
Well putting on my packager's hat for a moment, I might be hesitant to bother with an release candidate for many reasons, including distro policy etc. That is one of several reasons, we make a substantial effort to provide updated rpms and .debs ourselves. And moreover, I think our track record on packaging is pretty good. I've not had any one shout at me "You broke my system!" From our packages :) Cheers, Peter
