[scribus] Would like to compile 1.5.4 please

[Gregory Pittman]

On 11/27/18 5:39 PM, ZASKE Martin wrote:
> 
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> One way might be to just follow the links from the main Scribus website:
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-devel/1.5.4/
>>
>> At the same time, I would generally consider the latest 1.5.5 to be closer to stable than 1.5.4, since there have been a lot of fixes going on since April.
>>
>> Greg
>>
> 
> 
> Dear Greg,
> 
> Sorry, I was never aware that the Scribus page on Sourceforge is
> considered the main Scribus website; I always went to scribus.net and
> often to the "old wiki". This compiling is mostly new to me, each time
> it goes differently - and I only do it, because there is no classic
> package for Leap 15 available.
> 
> 
> I went to the URL you sent me (on sourceforge) and looked at folder
> 1.5.4. I found 8 items and no documentation and no descriptions, I tried
> parent folders too.
> 
> I see two Windows flavours and one AppImage; those I know and they are
> not what I has asked about.
> 
> Then I duckducked .dmg and learnt those files are for OS X users.
> 
> Next I duckducked .asc and got too much information, but nothing about
> svn and checking out anything.
> 
> So by this route I ended up with two archives .7z and .tar.xz (maybe
> containing the same content).
> 
> 
> I had asked about how I can check out a "historic" version from the svn
> trunk so that I can compile something which will be (or behave like)
> Scribus 1.5.4 for OpenSuse Leap 15.0 64bit.
> 
> You sent me to a page and I found stuff but no answer to my question. I
> am right now downloading the .7z archive, and might find checked-out and
> ready-packed source code for Scribus 1.5.4, or I might find something
> else. Since internet is slow in my part of the world (download manager
> is estimating 45 minutes left), it feels like the lottery, downloading
> to find out what is inside.
> 
> If I find source code inside, I will hope it is structured just as a svn
> checkout so that I can follow the online instructions on the wiki about
> compiling. I will let you know what happened.
> 

Hi Martin,

I'm sorry, I thought you understood these are the source files, compressed in some way or another. The exceptions are the AppImage, Windows, and .dmg, which are ready to install packages for Windows and Macs.

Greg