[scribus] Scribus version compatibility within 1.5.x branch

[Geoffrey Dow]

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Geoff

On Mon, 16 Jan 2023 at 10:15, Craig Bradney <cbradney at scribus.info> wrote:

> Hi Sebastian
>
> I think between 1.5.7 and 1.5.8 it should be ok, but we made so many
> changes that it's hard to be 100% sure. The file format did not change.
> Versions of dependencies like harfbuzz can change layout slightly though.
>
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> Thanks
> Craig
>
> On 16/01/2023, 15:07, "Sebastian Stapelberg" <
> sebastian.stapelberg at gmail.com <mailto:sebastian.stapelberg at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
> are documents created with Scribus 1.5.8 backwards compatible with
> previous versions *within* the 1.5.x branch (in particular 1.5.7) ?
> Searching on the web, I only found discussions concerning
> incompatibility between 1.5. and 1.4, which is *not* what I am asking
> about.
>
>
> The reason for my question is that I wanna send a 1.5.8 sla document to
> a friend who uses 1.5.7 and is supposed to make changes to the document.
> Afterwards, I want to edit that document with 1.5.8 again. Would that be
> "safe" or possibly result in any corrupted sla, or cause content
> properties to go missing afterwards?
>
>
> Thank you very much in advance for any advice!
>
>
> Best regards
> Sebastian
>
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