[scribus] BUG: open 1.4.n file in 1.5.svn loses contour line and text reflows.

[Gregory Pittman]

On 04/07/2014 08:13 AM, Peter Nermander wrote:
>> I did not notice the change at first, as I had *assumed* the two versions
>> of
>> the same program would not behave differently, and sent the file to the
>>
> That's not a very good assumption to do. What if an older version of a
> program has a bug affecting how the final result looks? Should the
> developers leave that bug in place to make sure older documents don't
> change? I think it's better they fix the bug, even if it means it will
> "break" a lot of older documents.
>
>
Sometimes, it's not necessarily a bug, per se, but what we have seen is 
some alteration or tweaking of how text frames handle text, which can 
affect how much text fits into a frame and perhaps line breaks.

This having been said, it might be conceivable to adjust various 
settings in Advanced Settings, such as word tracking to try to compensate.

There is some news coming out of LGM, which should be seen more 
officially soon, that there are now plans to come out with an "official 
unstable" 1.5.0 in a couple of months or so, which will allow more users 
to have access to it, especially those who do not compile Scribus. As 
the designation implies, it will be understood that not all features in 
1.5.0 will be fully operational and free from bugs, but it will allow 
more widespread access to things like export to PDFX-1a. With some 
caution, it may allow some to do their primary work in 1.5.0 to avoid 
problems as described here.

Greg