[Ubuntu-ch] Ubuntu bad for Scribus?

[Daniel Stoni]

Hello Theo

two comments only:

many people recommend LTS versions for business use. I assess the situation
- and usually recommend to use current or last instead because LTS would be
bad for Ubuntu ;-) 

Since at least Jaunty there is a package called scribus-ng with a more
recent version of scribus. This is the edition chosen by default in the
SwissRemix. You might have a look if there is scribus-ng in Hardy also.

Kind regards

Dani
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----------------ursprüngliche Nachricht-----------------
Von: "Theo Schmidt" theo.schmidt at wilhelmtux.ch
An: "List Ubuntu Switzerland" ubuntu-ch at lists.ubuntu.com
Datum: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:44:20 +0100
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> Hello list,
> 
> In our office we started to use Scribus in Kubuntu 8.04 LTS. Constant
crashes 
> with version 1.3.4, which was recommended to us. Unfortunately the users
have 
> become accustomed to the features of 1.3.4, which are roughly those in
1.3.5 and 
> 1.3.6, so going back to the stable version 1.3.3 is not a willing option. 
> However 1.3.5 and 6 require QT4, which doesn't seem availble for Kubuntu
8.04.
> 
> Unfortunately the users need to work right now and not wait for Kubuntu
10.04 
> LTS. I can bridge this gap until April/May with a separate PC just for
Scribus, 
> but the question arises what to do afterwards and indeed whether to
continue to 
> use Kubuntu. A Scribus developer (partially quoted below in German) claims
that 
> 
> Ubuntu is the worst distribution for Scribus because Canonical manipulates
the 
> 
> QT libraries.
> 
> As Scribus is a must-have for our office this question is rather important
to 
> us. Does anybody here know if this cristicism will still have any basis in

> Ubuntu 10.04 LTS? Or is it possible to use "original" QT libraries instead
of 
> those from Canonical, presumably from Debian?
> 
> Best regards,
> Theo
> 
> PS Although this is a kind of support question, I'm bringing it here
because of 
> the implications against Ubuntu's version of QT.
> 
> Quote:
> "Was die von Ihrer Grafikerin verwendete Version 1.3.4 angeht, muß ich
jedoch
> warnen: Sie ist nicht nur "etwas" instabil, sondern geradzu katastrophal
> instabil, und sie ist auch niemals als stabil deklariert worden.
> ...
> "Empfehlenswert ist also entweder wirklich die stabile Version 1.3.3.14
oder
> eben 1.3.6, das in den nächsten Tagen oder Wochen veröffentlicht werden
wird.
> Qt3 und Qt4 lassen sich problemlos nebeneinander verwenden, wobei man
> allerdings sagen muß, daß Ubuntu für Scribus die denkbar ungeeignetste
> Plattform ist (selbst Windows oder gar das alte OS/2 sind hier besser!),
weil
> Canonical die Bibliotheken derart manipuliert, daß zumindest reine
> Qt-Anwendungen haufenweise unerklärliche Fehler aufweisen, die nicht den
> Anwendungsprogrammierern, sondern der Ubuntu-Version von Qt (3 und 4)
> anzulasten sind."
> 
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