2.6.3 from GetDeb crashing on Ubuntu 14.04

[Colin Law]

On 15 May 2014 03:10, Divakar Ramachandran <divakar07 at dataone.in> wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 May 2014 12:41 AM, Jamestk wrote:
>> Of course Colin you are correct, my apologies.
>>
>> The fixes between 2.6.1 and 2.6.3 may indeed not constitute a SRU.
>>
>> David
>>
>> ________________
>>
>>> I would have thought the 'freeze' on exit would constitute an SRU simply
>>> because it affects other apps/OS.
>>>
>>> The last thing Ubuntu want to do is create a tons of support calls due to
>>> OS
>>> reboots.
>> It is the version of 2.6.3 in the getdeb repo where freezing on exit
>> has been seen, not the version of gnucash in the Ubuntu repository
>> (which is 2.6.1).
>
> In 2.6.1, Edit -> Preferences -> Accounting Period cannot be set. Indian
> financial year runs from 01/Apr through 31/Mar. Setting this in
> preferences is impossible. This was reported on this list to have been
> fixed in 2.6.3. However, if 2.6.3 also has a serious fault, maybe we
> should await a later fixed version?
>

What serious fault?  As I said above it is only the version in the
getdeb repository that shows the hanging on exit (as far as I am
aware).  Presumably it is a problem with the packaging in getdeb, not
a problem with 2.6.3.

Colin