John Culleton wrote: > I use 1.3.5 (version C-C-T-F-Q 06 November 2007) without difficulty. But it > is not a production release. I want to write a little e-book on using Scribus > for creating book covers. Most MSWin based new Scribus users will need to > download a precompiled 1.3.3.x version. But 1.3.5 has some significant > improvements such as bleeds. > > Is there an estimated date when Scribus 1.3.5 or its equivalent will become a > stable release available as a precompiled product for MSWin users? This > information will guide me in writing my little e-book. It will be aimed at > the novice who understands MSWord and not much more. > From the perspective of an interested observer who has observed the development cycle for a while now, I'm guessing mid-year, give or take a couple of months. It would do some good if you are using 1.3.5svn to have something newer than 6 November, since a number of things have been fixed since then (plus some add-ons that are not fully or are hardly functional at all yet).
This 1.3.5 has been a big jump, what with Qt4, new text system, and various other large improvements. Greg
