Bug#362266: ITP: scribus-ng -- developmental version of the desktop publishing program Scribus
* Steve Greenland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-04-15 08:58:31 -0500]: On 12-Apr-06, 23:44 (CDT), Oleksandr Moskalenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This package contains new generation branch of scribus that is still in active development, but is a lot more featureful compared to the stable 1.2.x branch (scribus package) and sufficiently stable to warrant its inclusion into the Debian distribution. Then why not just upload it as the new version of 'scribus' in unstable? Why do we need a whole new package? Steve Steve, I've been maintaining separate packages of stable and developmental trees of scribus in an upstream repository for more then a year and decided to introduce scribus-ng into the Debian archive after a long deliberation. The experience shows that the way Scribus is developed and usage patterns of different classes of Scribus users e.g. casual versus professional publishers ratify having two packages. My personal communications with the upstream developers and users of the -ng package and respective bug handling over a long time also supports this conclusion. For example, scribus-ng has features that some users must have for certain projects, but using it may require more effort then what many casual users expect to produce. Developmental timetable also calls for disruptive changes in the next few point releases before 1.4 is finished. Then, there is the question of people who wouldn't use anything outside the main Debian archive i.e. upstream repositories and yet would benefit from using Scribus 1.3.x series. More widespread testing would also be a plus for the development as the recent experience of the upstream team with porting Scribus 1.3.x to Windows shows. Regards, Alex. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#362266: ITP: scribus-ng -- developmental version of the desktop publishing program Scribus
* Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-04-14 16:43:34 +0200]: On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:44:45PM -0600, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote: [..] * Package name: scribus-ng Version : 1.3.3.1 Upstream Author : Scribus development team [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.scribus.net/ * License : GPLv2 [...] When run from KDE, Drag and Drop, for example from desktop to the canvas, is enabled. There is easy to use drag and drop scrapbook for frequently used items such as text blocks, pictures and custom shaped frames. Only from KDE? I think that DD y a freedesktop.org specification. -- Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jose, All I know is that DD in Scribus is enabled via Qt. The upstream developers are not sure how it relates to the freedesktop.org DD specification. Regards, Alex. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#362266: ITP: scribus-ng -- developmental version of the desktop publishing program Scribus
On 12-Apr-06, 23:44 (CDT), Oleksandr Moskalenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This package contains new generation branch of scribus that is still in active development, but is a lot more featureful compared to the stable 1.2.x branch (scribus package) and sufficiently stable to warrant its inclusion into the Debian distribution. Then why not just upload it as the new version of 'scribus' in unstable? Why do we need a whole new package? Steve -- Steve Greenland The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world. -- seen on the net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#362266: ITP: scribus-ng -- developmental version of the desktop publishing program Scribus
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:44:45PM -0600, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote: [..] * Package name: scribus-ng Version : 1.3.3.1 Upstream Author : Scribus development team [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.scribus.net/ * License : GPLv2 [...] When run from KDE, Drag and Drop, for example from desktop to the canvas, is enabled. There is easy to use drag and drop scrapbook for frequently used items such as text blocks, pictures and custom shaped frames. Only from KDE? I think that DD y a freedesktop.org specification. -- Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#362266: ITP: scribus-ng -- developmental version of the desktop publishing program Scribus
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Oleksandr Moskalenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: scribus-ng Version : 1.3.3.1 Upstream Author : Scribus development team [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.scribus.net/ * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang: C++ Description : Developmental branch of the document layout program Scribus Scribus is an open source desktop page layout program with the aim of producing commercial grade output in PDF and Postscript, primarily, though not exclusively for Linux. This package contains new generation branch of scribus that is still in active development, but is a lot more featureful compared to the stable 1.2.x branch (scribus package) and sufficiently stable to warrant its inclusion into the Debian distribution. Scribus can be used for many tasks; from brochure design to newspapers, magazines, newsletters and posters to technical documentation. It has sophisticated page layout features like precision placing and rotating of text and/or images on a page, manual kerning of type, bezier curves polygons, precision placement of objects, layering with RGB and CMYK custom colors. The Scribus document file format is XML-based. Unlike proprietary binary file formats, even damaged documents, can be recovered with a simple text editor. Scribus supports professional DTP features, such as CMYK color and a color management system to soft proof images for high quality color printing, flexible PDF creation options, Encapsulated PostScript import/export and creation of 4 color separations, import of EPS/PS and SVG as native vector graphics, Unicode text including right to left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew via freetype. Graphic formats which can be placed in Scribus as images include PDF, Encapsulated Post Script (eps), TIFF, JPEG, PNG and XPixMap(xpm), and any bitmap type supported by QT3. Printing, PDF and SVG creation are done via custom driver libraries and plug-ins, giving Scribus inventive features: the abilities to include presentation effects with PDF output, fully scriptable interactive PDF forms, SVG vector file output. The internal printer drivers fully support Level 2 and Level 3/PDF 1.4 postscript features including transparency and font embedding. When run from KDE, Drag and Drop, for example from desktop to the canvas, is enabled. There is easy to use drag and drop scrapbook for frequently used items such as text blocks, pictures and custom shaped frames. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-mrb319 Locale: LANG=uk_UA.KOI8-U, LC_CTYPE=uk_UA.KOI8-U (charmap=KOI8-U) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
