Re: version control for promo document?

On Tuesday 25 June 2013 Jun 08:19:24 Carl Symons wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Boudewijn Rempt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If I want to collaborate with my OPW interns on my Krita 2.7 release document(1), what can I best use for version control/sharing? It's a biggish scribus file, with a bunch of external images. Subversion? Or maybe dropbox or something like that? Somehow, git doesn't seem appropriate.
> >
> > Does anyone else have experience with collaborating on this kind of document?
> >
> > 1) http://krita.org/aboutkrita26.pdf
> > --
> > Boudewijn Rempt
> > http://www.valdyas.org, http://www.krita.org, http://www.boudewijnrempt.nl
> 
> Hello Boud,
> 
> I suggest dropbox or owncloud.

Okay, I'll try that.

> 
> Scribus is a different kind of animal. There are 2 active versions
> presently...1.4 and 1.5. They are not compatible; 1.4 files can be
> opened in 1.5, but not the other way around. 1.4 is the stable version
> and 1.5 is unstable, but I think that the standard installation for
> *ubuntu is 1.5. 1.5 has superior features and UI (IMO). Whatever is
> selected, everyone will have to be on the same version.
> 
> Another issue with sharing is that the .sla source file is not the
> complete document. A document must be Collected for Output to include
> everything, including any images, whether or not they are external.
> 
> It seems like version control would have to take place outside of any
> versioning system...perhaps notes in the common storage location.
> 
> Scribus is a great selection for desktop publishing.
> 

Yes :-)
-- 
Boudewijn Rempt
http://www.valdyas.org, http://www.krita.org, http://www.boudewijnrempt.nl


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