Update Scribus to new version 1.4.4

Bug #1220379 reported by Thomas Hotz
18
This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
scribus (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
scribus (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Mattia Rizzolo

Bug Description

Please update Scribus to the new version 1.4.4.

Scribus 1.4.3:

    Scribus has been ported to the Haiku operating system. For more information see: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Installing_Scribus_on_Haiku
    The Barcode Writer has been updated and supports many more barcodes, including QR.
    The Galaxy Gauge™ color matching system and color tools have been included.
    New color palettes from government agencies (Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom) have been included.
    More Open Source color palettes have been included.
    Improvements to the build system.
    Improvements to the Preflight Verifier.
    The A4 page size limit of TeX-rendered graphics in Render Frames has been removed.
    The Short Words plug-in now supports Danish.
    Many updates to the Online Manual.

Most important bugfixes:

    Disabled hyphenation on some Linux distributions is working again.
    Some unit conversion issues have been fixed.
    Display issues related to Ubuntu's Unity interface have been fixed.
    Some fixes to wrong or irritating UI behavior.
    Memory management in connection with the new Hyphenator has been optimized.
    Issues with the Clang compiler have been fixed.
    Scribus now supports Pillow as an alternative to the Python Imaging Library.
    Many translation updates.

Scribus 1.4.4:
PDF/X-1a export.
The Barcode plug-in has been updated to reflect the latest changes in the underlying Barcode Writer in Pure PostScript (BWIPP).
The Autoquote script has been rewritten and enhanced. It now provides more options and adds thin spaces to French texts where appropriate.
A script to align images in frames has been added.
Full support of the OpenICC Directory Proposal (http://www.oyranos.org/wiki/index.php?title=OpenIccDirectoryProposal).
The handling of transparencies in Photoshop-generated TIFF files has been improved.
Page borders can now act as guides (and thus be used for snapping of items).
The CMYK color palette created by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) for newspaper advertisements has been integrated into Scribus.
A new color palette for professional geographers has been added.
Export to various bitmap formats has been re-enabled on Mac OS X.
Several issues related to the user interface and canvas display have been resolved.
Adjustments for Windows 8.x.
An issue with the spellchecker, resulting in a crash, has been resolved.
Documentation and translation updates and improvements.

Revision history for this message
Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
tags: added: upgrade-software-version
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in scribus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This also affects now the Trusty Thar release.

tags: added: trusty
Revision history for this message
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

It has a moderate impact on a core package.

Changed in scribus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in scribus (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Wishlist
Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)
Changed in scribus (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)
Changed in scribus (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)
Changed in scribus (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)
summary: - Update Scribus to new version 1.4.3
+ Update Scribus to new version 1.4.4
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri) wrote :
Changed in scribus (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in scribus (Debian):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in scribus (Debian):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri) wrote :
Changed in scribus (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.